Doomsday Clock

 Humans seem to recognize that we can’t continue too much longer on our current path.  The Bible certainly confirms this.  With Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38-39 on the horizon, these scientists are correct in recognizing that the end of human history is nearing the end.

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Atomic scientists on Tuesday kept their "Doomsday Clock" set as close to midnight as ever before, citing Russia's actions on nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, nuclear-armed Israel's Gaza war and worsening climate change as factors driving the risk of global catastrophe.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as they did last year, set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight - the theoretical point of annihilation. Scientists set the clock based on "existential" risks to Earth and its people: nuclear threat, climate change, and disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and new biotechnology.

"Conflict hot spots around the world carry the threat of nuclear escalation, climate change is already causing death and destruction, and disruptive technologies like AI and biological research advance faster than their safeguards," Rachel Bronson, the bulletin's president and CEO, told Reuters, adding that keeping unchanged from the prior year is "not an indication that the world is stable."

"A durable end to Russia's war in Ukraine seems distant, and the use of nuclear weapons by Russia in that conflict remains a serious possibility. In the past year Russia has sent numerous worrying nuclear signals," Bronson said.

Bronson cited Russian President Vladimir Putin's February 2023 decision to suspend Russian participation in the New START treaty with the United States that limited the strategic nuclear arsenals of the two countries. The United States and Russia between them hold nearly 90% of the world's nuclear warheads, enough to destroy the planet many times over.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-783375