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This is what the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which presented on Thursday its annual presentation of the Doomsday Clock, said.
The minute hand has not moved since last year. But 23:58
"The fact that the Doomsday Clock hands have not changed hands is bad news," said Robert Rosner, chairman of the Bulletin's Science and Security Council.
So why are we so close to destruction? According to experts, nuclear weapons and climate change
"The agreement on Iran is not perfect, but it serves the interest of the international community to curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons. "
Regarding climate change, "Global emissions of carbon dioxide – which seemed to stabilize at the beginning of the decade – have resumed their rise in 2017 and 2018," says the Bulletin.
"To end the worst effects of climate change, countries around the world must reduce their net carbon dioxide emissions to zero world, long before the end of the century. "
The evil day clock did not not always sounded the knell since its introduction in the 1940s.
In 1991, it was set at 17 minutes before midnight.
But before the clock rings, it is 23:58. both in 2018 and in 2019, the last time the world was considered so close to frustration dates back to 1953, while the United States and the Soviet Union were in an arms race nuclear.
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