The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, representing a countdown to possible global catastrophe (e.g. nuclear war or climate change). It has been maintained since 1947. The closer they set the clock to midnight, the closer the scientists believe the world is to global disaster. Midnight is said to represent the point at which the Earth becomes uninhabitable by humanity. Read more ...
Trump returning to power and major climate events and
natural disasters should have advanced the clock beyond that number.
There is no going back.
This was a mistake as wars raged in the Middle East and Europe
and the planet saw record high temperatures and climatic shifts.
There is no going back.
In 2023 the clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight.