Apocalyptic Clock inched up by a minute

Climate change and the failure of the international community in an effort to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons are two reasons why Apocalyptic clocks are turned faster than a minute to nearly midnight.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) announces that the clock of the apocalyptic clock is turned one more minute towards the 24th point on January 10. Thus it is only 5 minutes away from the last time (12pm) of the 'apocalypse' . The decision to adjust the clock was made during a BAS symposium in the US capital of Washington, the BBC reported.

BAS said the failure of the international community in an effort to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons made the Doomsday clock run faster.

Apocalyptic Clock is a clock that symbolizes the level of danger of these
threats threatening the whole world, like nuclear weapons and global warming.

Jayantha Dhanapala, a member of BAS's Board of Sponsors and an officer in charge of UN disarmament issues, said that although Russian-US nuclear relations are progressing in a positive direction. , world opinion is still concerned about the nuclear ambitions of other countries. According to him, the US, China, Iran, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel did not comply with the Comprehensive Nuclear Prohibition Treaty and the North did not comply with the treaty restricting nuclear fuel production, making the world continue to face the risk of nuclear proliferation.

Nuclear weapon capabilities used in regional conflicts in the Middle East, North Asia and especially South Asia are increasing, BAS warns.

Allison Macfarlane, a member of BAS's Science and Security Board, said climate change is also a problem that humans need to address. He predicts climate change disasters are about to enter the worst and humanity cannot reverse that trend without taking action now.

According to BAS, the crisis at Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant forces public opinion to question the design of nuclear power plants and the foresight of countries in their efforts to prevent nuclear incidents.

Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock created by the leadership of the Newsletter of the Atomic Scientists (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) of the University of Chicago in the US in 1947 to give a level of warning about nuclear war on a global scale. The bigger the nuclear threat, the more the watch will move closer to midnight (12 midnight). Today the apocalyptic clock is now used to warn the threat to the world from all the dangers that can threaten humans like climate change or nanotechnology weapons.

On January 14, 2010, the Apocalyptic clock was reversed for a minute and was only 6 minutes away from midnight. At that time BAS turned back the clock, believing that world leaders were trying to resolve the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other global hazards.