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Due to the war in Ukraine and the nuclear threat: "Judging Day Watch" showed 90 seconds to catastrophe

According to scientist Rachel Bronson, such a decision "does not indicate that the world is stable", but on the contrary should encourage governments and communities "to act urgently". At the beginning of 2024, scientists decided not to translate the arrows of the symbolic "Judgment Day clock", which was installed in 1947. Until the end of the world is still 90 seconds. This was reported in the American magazine Bulletin of the atomic Scientists.

The journal states that this is the near future before the end of the world in the history of the clock. According to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Rachel Bronson, such a decision of scientists "does not indicate that the world is stable", but on the contrary should encourage governments and communities "to act urgently". "Bulletin" retains hope and inspiration in view of the younger generation that heads this process, " - notes Bronson.

According to the findings of scientists of the journal council, approaching the end of the world is determined They continue to direct the world to a global catastrophe. The war in Ukraine and the broad and growing dependence on nuclear weapons increase the risk of nuclear escalation.