“The most dangerous moment in history”: The Judgment Day clock approached by midnight

The Judgment Day clock was moved one second closer to midnight on Tuesday, as nuclear experts warned that humanity is now closer to destruction than ever.

The nuclear scientists’ newsletter cites the increasing risk of nuclear war, the inability to combat climate change and progress in destructive technology as the main reasons for its decision to determine the clock at 89 seconds until midnight – symbolizing the end of the end of the end of the end of the end At the end of late at the end of late at the end of late at the end of late at the end of late at the end of late end of the end of the end of the end of the end at all At the end of the end of the end of late ends at the end of the end at the end of the end of The World.

“The day’s day clock stands closer to the crash than at any moment in her history,” says Juan Manuel Santos, former Colombian president and laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is participating in the announcement of the newsletter.

“The clock talks about the existential threats that face us and the need for unity and bold guidance to return their hands,” he added.

Daniel Holz, the chairman of the Bulletin Council for Science and Security, said the newsletter’s decision was influenced by the “inadequate” global response to climate change And the fact that progress in biotechnology and AI “have outstripped politics, regulation and in -depth understanding of their consequences.”

In a veiled reference to the ongoing Russia WarfareHolt also cites “active conflicts involving nuclear forces” and a collapse of arms control contracts as among the critical threats that humanity faces.

Such dangers are “significantly exacerbated” by the rapid spread of conspiracy and misinformation theories that “worsen the communication ecosystem and are increasingly blurring the boundary between truth and lies,” he said.

Founded by Albert Einstein and other members of the Manhattan project at the dawn of the nuclear era, the newsletter initially placed its watch from seven minutes to midnight in 1947.

The clock was moved two minutes to midnight in the midst of the Cold War in the 1950s, before it was returned to 17 minutes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, turning over in early 2010, it There is since then it fails forward.

Newsletter moved The clock ahead from 100 to 90 seconds to midnight in 2023, like Russia Full -scale invasion Ukraine has increased fears of global nuclear fire. The clock took place 90 seconds last year.