The Day of Resurrection moves one second closer to the disaster

The world is closer than ever to the end of the world.

This was the terrible evaluation issued on Tuesday through the bulletin of the atomic scholars, an organization and a non -profit deployment. The resurrection day that was estimated – through “minutes to the middle of the night” – was estimated at the extent of humanity near the genocide since 1947.

The organization said it moved the hands of the watch near that frightening day – from 90 seconds to midnight to 89 seconds to midnight. He pointed to the threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, misuse of biological sciences and artificial intelligence – existential risks that he said were exacerbated by the spread of wrong information, misinformation and conspiracy theories.

“When setting one hour, one second is closer to the middle of the night, we send a blatant sign: because the world is already close to the abyss, it must be taken up to one second as evidence of the extreme danger and unambiguous warning and the newsletter in the newsletter:” The second delay in the opposite of the path increases statement.

The watch was set by the organization Science and Security CouncilIt consists of experts in nuclear technology, global security, climate science and other fields. The watch was created in 1947, when the organization’s fears revolved around the possibility of the nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The time was set after that in seven minutes until midnight.

Since then, the scientists have expanded the project to focus on other threats such as climate change and infectious diseases and the spread of wrong information fueled by artificial intelligence. My hand moved back and forth. The last shift was in January 2023, Matthew The watch has been changedROM 100 seconds and until midnight to 90 seconds until midnight, which is largely due to the war in Ukraine.

The hour was set beyond midnight in 1991, after the United States and the Soviet Union The Treaty of Reducing Strategic Weapons signedDesigned to expand its long -term inventories. In response, the bulletin was transferred for 17 minutes until midnight.

The watch did not change during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 because “at the time was not known for the conditions of confrontation or what the result will be,” the newsletter says on its website.

Critics rejected the clock as a means of self -assessment. Others said that its repeated warnings of complete genocide can end with the public – equivalent to the general policy of the boy who cried the wolf.

But the scientists who set the watch call it an internationally recognized symbol and “a reminder of the dangers that we must address if we want to stay on this planet.”

“The purpose of the Day of Resurrection is to start a global conversation about the real existential threats that keep the world’s leading scientists wake up at night,” said Daniel Halls, head of the Science and Security Council and the founding director of existential risks. Laboratory at the University of Chicago.

This year, the newsletter said that global leaders were failing to face rising threats to the survival of man.

He said that the war in Ukraine, now in its third year, “can become nuclear at any moment because of the decision of the rash or through accidents or bad appreciation.” She warned that the global controls of nuclear weapons were “collapsing”.

He said that the effects of climate change increased over the past year, which were almost Certainly the most heated ever. The newsletter said that growth in solar energy and wind energy, “was impressive but still insufficient to stabilize the climate.”

In a clear reference to President Trump, the organization said: “Based on the recent election campaigns, climate change is seen as a low priority in the United States and many other countries.”

Mr. Trump has signed an executive order this month U.S. withdrawal From the Paris Agreement, a global agreement to combat climate change, as part of a series of measures to Enhancing fossil fuels And withdraw support for renewable energy.

The bulletin also warned of The spread of bird flu She said that rapid progress in artificial intelligence “increased the risk that terrorists or countries achieve the ability to design biological weapons that do not have counter interviews.”

Despite the dark expectations, the newsletter said that there is still an opportunity for the world to return from the brink of collapse if the countries – especially the United States, China and Russia – are working more closely to combat climate change, disease and other threats.

“There is still time to make the right options to return the hands of the Day of Resurrection,” Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia and Recipient From the Nobel Peace Prize, he said on Tuesday at a press conference. “In Colombia, we say,” Cada Segundo Cuenta “. Every second is concerned. Let’s use each one wisely.”