Doomsday Clock Closest to Midnight EVER!

Calling world affairs “highly unstable,” scientists on Thursday moved the fateful minute hand of the Doomsday Clock another 20 seconds closer to midnight, signifying that humanity is more perilously near global catastrophe than any other time in recent history.

The metaphorical clock is now set to 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it has come to hitting the final hour — a symbol of world annihilation — since its inception by the University of Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947.

At a news conference in Washington, D.C., scientists with the Bulletin cited recent military actions between the United States and Iran, an urgent need for addressing climate change and a rise in “cyber-enabled information warfare” as reasons for their dire forecast.

“We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds — not hours, or even minutes,” said Rachel Bronson of the University of Chicago, who serves as president and CEO of the Bulletin. “It is the closest to doomsday we have ever been in the history of the Doomsday Clock. We now face a true emergency — an absolutely unacceptable state of world affairs that has eliminated any margin for error or further delay.”

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/doomsday-clock-creeps-closer-to-midnight-than-it-ever-has-in-history-scientists-call-world-affairs-highly-unstable/