World remains at 90 seconds to midnight

The Doomsday Clock, indicating how near humanity is to annihilation, remains at 90 seconds to midnight, as the conflict in Ukraine rages on and war in the Middle East flares up

UPS AND DOWNS SINCE 1947

2024: Climate crisis and dramatic advance of AI also cited as contributing to “unprecedented level of risk”
  
Minutes to midnight (doomsday hour)

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1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

1947: Doomsday Clock introduced Clock stands at 7 minutes to midnight

1949

1953: U.S. and 1 Soviet Union start testing hydrogen bombs 

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1980

1981

1984: U.S.-Soviet relations reach lowest point in decades

1988

1990

1991: Cold War officially ends U.S. and Russia cut nuclear arsenals

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2002

2007: Risks from climate change included for first time

2010

2012

2015

2022: Nuclear, climate and Covid-19 threats

2023: Mounting nuclear risk in Ukraine war. 90 seconds

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Picture: erika8213/Newscom © GRAPHIC NEWS