Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight: We are closer to doom than any time since the Cold War, say scientists

The end of the world has come a lot closer in the past three years, with every single person now in danger as climate change and nuclear weapons pose an escalating threat - according to the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure which counts down to armageddon.

They moved the minute-hand of their 68-year old concept clock forward by two minutes on Thursday, showing a time of three minutes to twelve, to reflect the fact that the "probability of global catastrophe is very high".

The time change symbolised their damning assessment of world leaders and the outlook for their citizens.

"Today, unchecked climate change and a nuclear arms race resulting from modernisation of huge arsenals pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity," said Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in Chicago, the group of scientists which set the clock.

"And world leaders have failed to act with the speed or on the scale required to protect citizens from potential catastrophe. These failures potentially endanger every person on Earth," she added.

Although the clock is essentially a barometer, it is set by a team that includes 17 Nobel Prize winners and is taken extremely seriously....................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Doomsday-Clock-moved-closer-to-midnight-We-are-closer-to-doom-than-any-time-since-the-Cold-War-say-scientists/articleshow/45989138.cms
23/1/15
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