Doomsday Clock has 90 seconds left until 'midnight' before nuclear disaster

According to Ria Novosti, the world's atomic scientists' newsletter, the Doomsday Clock - symbolizing the tense situation in the world, in 2024 was set at 90 seconds before "nuclear midnight", and the hands did not move.

"The Doomsday Clock has been reset to 90 seconds before midnight, reflecting the unprecedented threat the world faces," the Bulletin of World Atomic Scientists said.

Scientists stress that resetting the clocks does not represent world stability, but is a call for countries to act.

The Doomsday Clock first appeared on the cover of the Bulletin of the International Atomic Scientists in 1947. The Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds means we are living in a time of unprecedented danger. The global “doomsday hour” is set at midnight. “Midnight” means the time of nuclear disaster.

The Doomsday Clock in 2023 is set to 90 seconds before midnight. Since the Doomsday Clock was set, it is the closest time to a human apocalypse for the first time.

In 2020-2022, the Doomsday Clock was set at 100 seconds before midnight. In 2018 and 2019, the clock was set at 2 minutes before midnight. The most peaceful moment was in 1991, when the hands moved away from the nuclear disaster for 17 minutes. After that, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty, aiming to reduce the number of nuclear warheads stockpiled and deployed in the arsenals of the countries./.