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Scientists Move The Doomsday Clock Closer To Midnight

Scientists move the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight as nuclear tensions, climate extremes, AI risks, and global instability converge worldwide.

What Happened

The Doomsday Clock was moved closer to midnight, which, according to scientists, is an increasingly dangerous moment for humanity. The clock, maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is meant to represent how close the world is to a human-made catastrophe. This latest adjustment reflects a buildup of risks that experts say are no longer distant or hypothetical, but are actively unfolding.

The threat of nuclear war remains at the center of the warning. Russia’s war in Ukraine has been accompanied by repeated nuclear threats, the suspension of arms control agreements, and the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.

North Korea continues to test increasingly sophisticated ballistic missiles, while tensions involving China and Taiwan, as well as Iran and Israel, add to fears that miscalculation or escalation could spiral quickly.

Scientists point to rising global temperatures, slow progress on emissions reductions, and uneven international cooperation as signs that the world remains off track. These impacts are already disrupting food supplies, water systems, and entire communities.

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Artificial intelligence has also emerged as a fast-growing concern. A.I. systems are advancing rapidly, often faster than governments can regulate them.

Experts are warning of the risks posed by autonomous weapons, large-scale misinformation, cyber warfare, and the deployment of decision-making tools without clear human oversight. When put into military and geopolitical contexts, those risks are amplified.

Geopolitical instability binds all of these threats together. Wars, fractured alliances, weakened international institutions, and growing mistrust between major powers have made cooperation more difficult at a time when coordination is essential. Longstanding risk-management frameworks are eroding, leaving fewer guardrails in place.

Why It Matters

Although the Doomsday Clock is not a prediction, it is a warning grounded in expert assessment that reflects concern that global systems designed to reduce risk are failing to keep pace with the threats they are meant to address. Each danger reinforces the others.

Climate stress can destabilize regions, strain food and water systems, and fuel conflict, which in turn raises the risk of nuclear escalation. At the same time, A.I. is accelerating the spread of misinformation, shortening decision-making timelines, and beginning to disrupt labor markets in ways that add economic anxiety and social pressure.

Geopolitical rivalry further weakens the cooperation needed to manage these challenges together. The concern is not any single threat, but rather how they are colliding and reinforcing one another.

The safeguards that once helped contain global danger are no longer as strong or reliable as they once were, leaving fewer restraints in place as risks grow. Arms control agreements have collapsed or stalled, climate commitments continue to fall short of stated goals, and systems for governing fast-moving technologies remain fragmented and uneven.

Taken together, the clock reflects not only rising danger but also a shrinking margin for error in a world with less room for miscalculation.

How It Affects You

Economic and geopolitical pressures are increasingly shaping everyday life, from higher food and energy costs to disrupted supply chains that affect what people can afford and how secure their work feels. Global conflicts continue to unsettle energy markets, while A.I.-driven misinformation distorts public debate and weakens trust in institutions, even as automation and artificial intelligence begin displacing jobs and reshaping entire industries.

While nuclear tensions may feel remote from daily routines, they quietly influence national priorities and spending, pulling resources toward defense and crisis readiness rather than long-term economic security and social investment. As rivalries harden and flashpoints multiply, a general sense of uncertainty becomes more familiar and more persistent.

The clock’s movement is less about blame and more about the moment the world is in. Technology, politics, and economic forces are moving faster than the systems meant to keep them in check, and each delay in adjusting makes the fallout harder to control.

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