Posted on 01/23/2020 10:37:30 AM PST by Hojczyk
The Doomsday Clock moved to 100 seconds to midnight – the closest symbolic point from an “apocalypse” since 1953.
The decision was made on Thursday by The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which announced it from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
"We argued that the global situation was abnormal," Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, said during the press conference of the decision to keep last year's Clock the same, but noted that nuclear and climate situations are "worsening."
Sharon Squassoni, Georgetown University professor and member of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, noted how extreme the nuclear weapons situation has become. She cited the recent collapse of the Iran nuclear deal, the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear capabilities and the continued buildout of weapons from the U.S., Russia and China.
"In sum, the situation is extremely dangerous and demands an emergency response," Squassoni said.
Sivan Kartha, a senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute, noted that time is running out for the planet to get to the emissions goals set at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. "Emissions need to head towards zero," Kartha said, adding, "there's no question this is an emergency."
The Clock, which warns of impending disasters and takes into account nuclear weapons, rising geopolitical tensions, as well as changes to the environment, was created in 1947 at the beginning of the arms race between the U.S. and the then-Soviet Union.
Since 2007, climate change has been a factor in the groups' decisions.
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These clowns are most panicked with Presidents who don’t cave to Communism.
Folks- The World has a guaranteed 1007 years left- the world isn’t going to be annihilated, burned up from climate change, flooded from glacial melt, or anything of the kind-
While many will persih- over 1/2, in the tribulation- there will still be billions of people left while Christ serves 1000 years on earth as king of all-
It doesn’t cost much to take a non-working clock, and push a hand one way or the other due to fee-fees, and attention-whoring.
I was born during the Cold War.
I remember atomic drills
I remember “shelter” sirens and drills
I remember actually living uder a very real threat of nuclear war.
This song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IfM6HM2rRs
ACTUALLY MEANS something to we who had a clue before 1989.
I remember what a REAL environmental threat was.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists!? How ‘bout Atomic Bullshit?
Actually, the ultimate solution to Climate Change IS a nuclear war. Have these scientists never heard of a Nuclear Winter? They are treating nuclear war and climate change as compounding, yet nuclear war would immediately reverse any and all AGW. The theory being, Nuclear war would fill the atmosphere with smoke and particulates that would get to the upper atmosphere thereby blocking the amount of sunlight below current levels for decades.
An amazingly precise number of years .
My Bible says the NO MAN can know the time, ONLY THE FATHER.
I’m wondering if we’ll even get that far before a major international incident.
“Since 2007, climate change has been a factor in the groups’ decisions”.
This must be the same group that awarded the Nobel Prize to Barry Sortoro.
I stopped taking that marketing tool seriously back in the late 70’s.
Or a little Krakatoa with your morning cofveve.
Winning!
How Stalinist of them. “It’s never about who votes, It’s about who is counting the votes.”
my bible tells me that the world has to go through 7 years of tribulation and THEN 1000 reign of Christ- so since neither of these events have taken place yet- their is a guaranteed 1007 years left- likely many more years-
Based upon what? We might end up in war, but nuclear war is most likely not in the cards at all.
I grew up with Conelrad, fallout shelters, dosimeters, duck-and-cover, and the Doomsday Clock appearing on the evening news whenever it moved closer to midnight, never when it moved away from midnight.
And it was always our fault, not the Soviets’.
[[An amazingly precise number of years ]]
It also isn’t the ‘precise number of years left’- it is a guaranteed MINIMUM number left- according to biblical prophecy of future events- so everyone can relax- the world isn’t going to end for at least another 1007 years minimum
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