Humanity is edging nearer to destruction, according to the “Doomsday Clock.” The “clock” is now at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight (representing the destruction of Earth), the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said in its annual announcement. That is 30 seconds closer than in 2016—and the closest it has been since the Cold War. It was the first time the “clock” has moved by an interval of seconds and not minutes.
“Over the course of 2016, the global security landscaped darkened,” Rachel Bronson, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin, said at a press conference on Thursday. The international community has “failed to come to grips with humanity’s most existential threats,” which are nuclear arms and climate change, she said.
http://www.newsweek.com/doomsday-clock-announcement-2017-midnight-548620
“Over the course of 2016, the global security landscaped darkened,” Rachel Bronson, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin, said at a press conference on Thursday. The international community has “failed to come to grips with humanity’s most existential threats,” which are nuclear arms and climate change, she said.
http://www.newsweek.com/doomsday-clock-announcement-2017-midnight-548620
