Apocalyptic clock is turned back 1 minute

The Apocalypse clock (Doomsday), a symbol of nuclear risk during the past 55 years, has been turned back another minute for the night before midnight.

This icon clock is an initiative of the Atomic Science magazine (BAS), currently only 12 hours less than 6 minutes late.

Including this adjustment, the watch has been timed 19 times since the first time it was set to 7 hours and 7 minutes less.

The last time was in January 2007, the watch was adjusted to a 12-hour night time, when climate change, plus nuclear destruction were the biggest threats to the species. people.

At the press conference announcing the adjustment this time, the BAS representative said that with the adjustment of the clock back another minute before midnight, they wanted to emphasize how much work needed to be done. While we are recognizing signs of cooperation between the US, Russia, the European Union, China, India, Brazil and other countries on nuclear security and climate stability.

BAS representatives also called on leaders to fulfill their promises of a nuclear-free world and act now to slow climate change.

BAS, founded by physicists from the Manhattan Project, has been involved in nuclear disarmament since 1947.

The Apocalyptic clock was first published in the Atomic Science journal in 1947, shortly after the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan.