Climate Crisis 247. The Doomsday Clock And Climate Change: What It Means For Humanity. Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. Douglas McIntyre explains the history and ...

The clock uses the imagery of a countdown to midnight to convey the urgency of threats such as nuclear war, climate change, biological risks, and disruptive technologies.

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which runs the clock, decided to move the clock one second closer to midnight because of climate change, nuclear threats and biological hazards.

The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 89 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a news conference at the United States Institute of Peace, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 ...

Closer than ever: It is now 89 seconds to midnight 2025 Doomsday Clock Statement Science and Security BoardBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Editor, John Mecklin January 28, 2025 In Depth: Climate ...

World News ‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI A science-oriented advocacy group advanced its famous clock to 89 seconds ...

The Doomsday Clock, ... the organization adjusted to changing threats and added climate change and disruptive technologies in its consideration for the clock’s reset, Bronson said.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.

The group whose "clock" rates how far humanity is from ending cited climate change, nuclear proliferation, Middle East instability and the threat of pandemics, among other factors.

'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight Amid Threats of Climate Change, Nuclear War, Pandemics, AI Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it ...