01:54Doomsday Clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that its Doomsday Clock would remain at 100 seconds to midnight during a virtual unveiling event on Wednesday.
The symbolic threat assessment stayed the same as in 2020, and the closest to symbolic doom since the height of the Cold War in 1953.
"The world has entered into a round of two minutes warning. A period when danger is high and the margin for error is low," explained Rachel Bronson, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist.
The clock is at its closest it's ever been to midnight after a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The pandemic revealed just how unprepared and unwilling countries and their international system are to handle global emergencies properly," Bronson continued.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in response to the global nuclear threat. The decision to move the clock is taken by panels of leading experts.
01:54The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that its Doomsday Clock would remain at 100 seconds to midnight during a virtual unveiling event on Wednesday.
The symbolic threat assessment stayed the same as in 2020, and the closest to symbolic doom since the height of the Cold War in 1953.
"The world has entered into a round of two minutes warning. A period when danger is high and the margin for error is low," explained Rachel Bronson, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist.
The clock is at its closest it's ever been to midnight after a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The pandemic revealed just how unprepared and unwilling countries and their international system are to handle global emergencies properly," Bronson continued.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in response to the global nuclear threat. The decision to move the clock is taken by panels of leading experts.