Inside Story Why is the Doomsday Clock nearer to midnight than ever before? Atomic scientists raise alarm over more global conflict and new risks such as artificial intelligence. The Doomsday Clock has reached the closest ever point to midnight, according to the atomic scientists who run it. They say more wars, aggression from nuclear powers and weaker arms controls are to blame, along with climate change and risks posed by AI. So, should we be worried?

The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course. The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever. The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its creation, this time represents the closest the clock has ever been to midnight.

Doomsday Clock moves to 85 seconds to midnight as Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warns of increased risks from nuclear war, climate change and AI.

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Humanity is officially one second closer to world annihilation, scientists say. The Doomsday Clock has been revealed – and it now sits at 89 seconds to midnight, one second closer than last year. It's also the closest the clock has ever been to midnight in its 78-year history, meaning we're nearer to world-ending catastrophe than ever before. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which decides where the hands are set, cited the Russia-Ukraine war, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of nuclear war, climate change, a looming bird flu pandemic and AI arms race for the update. The Chicago-based nonprofit created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 during the Cold War tensions that followed World War II to warn the public about how close humankind was to destroying the world.

This month, humanity will learn just how close we are to annihilation. Every January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) sets a new time for the Doomsday Clock - the symbolic scale for humanity's proximity to the apocalypse. Last year, scientists left the clock sitting at 90 seconds to midnight - the closest humanity had come to destruction since the creation of the atomic bomb. But with war still raging in Ukraine and chaos across the Middle East, experts say that the risk of nuclear war is now'far too high'. Dr Haydn Belfield, research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, told MailOnline: 'We are probably closer to nuclear war than at any point in the last forty years.'