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Doomsday clock hits 90 seconds to midnight as world gets closer than ever to
Jan 24, 2023 51 secs
But now, as Ukraine approaches a year of war, the climate crisis continues and other actions threaten humanity, the world has officially crept even closer to what the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists calls "global catastrophe."

The clock is not a forecasting tool, but rather a symbol created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 to shed light on how humanity's actions are causing problems that could have mass consequences.

In a statement, the Bulletin explained that the war has "raised profound questions" on how nations interact, as well as an apparent downfall in international conduct.

The war has had far-reaching implications, i mpacting global crops, gas supply and rampant risk to nuclear reactor sites.

"And worst of all, Russia's thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict—by accident, intention, or miscalculation—is a terrible risk," the announcement says.

Recent months have revealed record-high carbon dioxide emissions, worsening weather extremes and "cascading effects" of crop failures, diseases and weakening infrastructure, the Bulletin says.

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