A global disaster, such as a nuclear war, climate change, or other existential threats to humanity, is symbolically depicted by the Doomsday Clock. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit group made up of scientists and policy analysts concerned in how science and technology are affecting society, looks after the clock.
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed with atomic bombs in 1947, the Doomsday Clock was first designed to show the threat of nuclear war. The clock has been turned back and forth since then to reflect changes in the world’s security landscape and new dangers to humanity, such as climate change, cybersecurity issues, and the spread of new technology.
The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board sets the time after consulting with the Board of Sponsors, which is made up of numerous Nobel laureates. The Board’s evaluation of the risks and difficulties confronting humanity, based on a variety of elements including international tensions, political instability, and scientific progress, determines the present setting of the clock. The Bulletin believes that a worldwide catastrophe is closer to occurring the closer the clock is to midnight.
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