But 11:58 p.m. is the closest the clock has ever been to symbolizing doom."The fact that the Doomsday Clock's hands did not change is bad news," said Robert Rosner, chair of the Bulletin's Science ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis, discusses the latest update to the Doomsday Clock, now set at 89 seconds to midnight. Created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the clock ...

Doomsday Clock Close as Ever to Midnight in 2021 over COVID, Nukes, Climate Change Published Jan 27, 2021 at 10:51 AM EST Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST By Tom O'Connor ...

Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change. Each year, the Bulletin of the Atomic ...

‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 ...

Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, second from left, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists member Robert Socolow, second from right, reveal the Doomsday Clock, set at 89 seconds to ...

Nation World 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI ...

The scientists cited “unchecked climate change” and global nuclear weapons modernization as reasons for the change. As recently as 1991 the clock was at 17 minutes before midnight.

As for climate change, "global carbon dioxide emissions — which seemed to plateau earlier this decade — resumed an upward climb in 2017 and 2018," the Bulletin said.

'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI By Associated Press Updated January 28, 2025, 11:47 a.m. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ...

WASHINGTON — Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ...