The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live news conference at 11 a.m. EST
on Thursday to announce the recent decision of its Science and
Security Board as to whether or not
the minute hand of the historic "Doomsday Clock" will be
adjusted. The Doomsday Clock is an
internationally recognized design that conveys how close the world population is to destroying civilization with dangerous technologies.
The last time the Doomsday Clock minute hand moved
was in January 2012, when the clock's minute hand was pushed ahead
one minute from six to five minutes before midnight. Climate change
and increasing concerns about nuclear weapons are the main factors
influencing the decision about any additional adjustment that may be
made to the Doomsday Clock.
Key trends influencing the Doomsday
Clock deliberations to be announced on Thursday include: evidence of
accelerating climate change coupled with inadequate international
action to greenhouse gas emission as conveyed in the November 2014
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and the recent
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations in
Lima, Peru; and nuclear modernization programs in the United States,
Russia, and other states, as well as the stalled reduction of
nuclear warheads in Russian and U.S. Arsenals
1 comment:
Oh my, what an interesting article. I never knew anything about the clock?
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