The "Doomsday Clock" tries to answer the questions posed by many about the fate of the world due to the crises that occur in it. Tuesday, January 24, will be the date for the American Journal of Atomic Scientists, which sponsors the experiment, to announce to everyone its estimates of whether humanity is really “ nearing its end,” and what space is left for it to do what can be rectified?
Announcement
Is the world on the edge of an abyss? Is he currently coming to an end due to the “aches” circulating through his body? It’s the diagnosis that the Chicago Journal of Atomic Scientists will try to update the timing of the “Doomsday Clock.”
The magazine’s scientists will meet Tuesday, January 24, for the purpose. It is a process they do annually. On January 21, 2022, the magazine’s board fixed its hands at just 100 seconds before “midnight.”
The "Doomsday Clock" is a means of educating international public opinion about the dangers facing the world, due to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, climate change and wars. The watch was first set to seven minutes before midnight in 1947.
Near the “Hour of Destruction”
In 1953 she put her hands two minutes from “midnight” after both the United States and the Soviet Union detonated their first nuclear weapons. It is the closest deadline to the moment of “mass destruction” of the 20th century. In the following century, this took place in 2018 following the failure of world leaders to address nuclear-related tensions and climate change issues.
The timing of this clock has changed more than twenty times as dictated by major changes in the world. The middle of the night is figuratively the zero point where disaster befalls, and leads humanity to the demise. As for the minutes and seconds they are controlled, the number of which is determined based on the severity of the dangers that the magazine's scientists believe can damage life on the planet.
In 2017, Doomsday Hour became two minutes from midnight after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. It was further introduced, as noted above, in 2018 as a result of nuclear threats, especially from North Korea and the risk of global warming.