The hands of the Doomsday Clock have been moved forward 2 minutes

The hands of the Doomsday Clock, reflecting the approach of the threat of a global catastrophe, have been moved forward by 2 minutes. Now the clock shows 23:57. The arrows have been moved due to ongoing climate change and further proliferation of nuclear weapons.

• The hands of the Doomsday Clock are monitored by the staff of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The project was launched in 1947. Initially, it reflected the threat of nuclear war, but since 2007, climate change and advances in science and technology have also been taken into account, which could potentially lead to a global catastrophe.
• Closest of all to the mark of 00:00 (the hour of the global catastrophe), the clock hands approached in 1953, when the hydrogen bomb was tested in the USSR. Then the clock showed 23:58. The world was farthest from a global catastrophe (23:43) in 1991, when the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.