It is the most serious alert since this indicator was created in 1947
The Apocalypse clock, which measures how close humanity is of its destruction, approached a little more midnight. Nuclear scientists at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists updated the clock, leaving it 89 seconds from midnight, the highest level of danger since this instrument was created in 1947.
“In 2024, humanity became increasingly approaching the catastrophe. (…) Consequently, we now move the final judgment of 90 seconds to 89 seconds to midnight, the nearest one once from a catastrophe, ”writes the editor of John Mecklin, on the official website of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists .
Because of the council of scientists is the “unmistakable signs of dangers” and the inability of “national leaders and their societies” to do the necessary “to change the course” of events, the group members decided Points of the symbolic brand that represents “The End of Humanity”: midnight.
Scientists expect world leaders to “recognize the existential situation” that the world faces and that they take “bold measures” to face the various threats that humanity faces. The main danger highlighted by the organization remains the risk of using nuclear weapons, but investigators also highlight the dangers of “climate change” and the possible “improper use of biological science” or other emerging weapons.
“Because the world is already dangerously close to the cliff, a movement of only one second should be considered an extreme danger indication and an unmistakable warning that every second of delay in reversal of the course increases the likelihood of a global disaster,” they point out.
Experts continue to highlight the war in Ukraine, which is almost three years old, as the greatest risk for the actual use of nuclear weapons. The impasse that is still lived, despite recent Russian advances, make it open that “a hasty decision” can lead to a “calculation error” with tragic consequences for the planet.
In the climate field, scientists insist that the various indicators show that the situation is serious. Last year, several rates broke records, including sea level climb and the increased temperature on Earth’s surface. These changes, they argue, will intensify extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, heat waves, droughts and forest fires.
In the area of biology, there is particular attention to emerging diseases that continue to “threaten the economy, society and the security of the world.” In addition, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist scientists admit the risks of pathogenic agents escaping the high containment environments of biological laboratories is a real possibility.
“Continuing blindly on the present way is a form of madness. The United States, China and Russia have the collective power of destroying civilization. These three countries have the main responsibility to take the world out of the abyss, and can do so if their leaders seriously start discussions of good faith about the global threats described here. Despite their deep differences, they must take the first step without delay. The world depends on immediate action, ”they argue.
It is necessary to retreat in 1991, when tensions between the United States of America and Soviet Union calmed due to the collapse of the communist regime, to remember the year the clock was farther from midnight. That year, marked by the hope of peace between the two blocks, he placed the Apocalypse clock 17 minutes from the end.
