Ticktock, Doomsday Clock nears a grim gong

摘要

Nuclear threats and climate change are the "new abnormal," as the Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists hosted a panel yesterday to discuss what it sees as the two existential threats facing the planet: destruction from weapons and rising temperatures. "These major threats were exacerbated this past year by the increased use of information warfare to undermine democracy around the world, amplifying risks from these and other threats and putting the future of civilization in extraordinary danger," the group said.