Thursday, January 26, 2017

Doomsday Clock moves 30 seconds closer to midnight due to Trump

A metaphorical clock counting down humanity's proximity to a nuclear apocalypse was moved 30 seconds closer to midnight on Thursday due to Donald Trump's recent ascent to the Oval Office, according to a statement released by the board responsible for setting the time.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board said it had decided to move the clock 30 seconds closer to midnight for the first time in 70 years, making the current time two and a half minutes to "midnight" (understood as a global catastrophe inflicting irrevocable harm to humankind).

"In another first, the Board has decided to act, in part, based on the words of a single person: Donald Trump, the new President of the United States," read the statement.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is an academic journal focused on global security and the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, which was founded in 1945 by former physicists of the Manhattan Project that developed the world's first atomic weapons.

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 and has been continuously updated since then by members of the Bulletin, who in turn are advised by its Governing Board and the Board of Sponsors, including 18 Nobel Prize winners.

An "already-threatening world situation was the backdrop for a rise in strident nationalism worldwide in 2016," the statement explained.

"Donald Trump made disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons and expressed disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change," it added.
 EFE/EPA
26/1/17
-
Related:

--

--
2015:

No comments :

Post a Comment

Only News

Featured Post

“The U.S. must stop supporting terrorists who are destroying Syria and her people" : US Congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard

US Congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, recently visited Syria, and even met with President Bashar Al-Assad. She also visited the recently libe...

Blog Widget by LinkWithin