Doomsday Clock is Set to Move This Thursday
If You Have Internet, You Can Watch
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic clock face, was created in 1947 during the Cold War. It's been maintained by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago. In the beginning, the Clock showed seven minutes to midnight. It began as a representation of how close we were to a global nuclear war, but lately has included climate changes and developments in life sciences and nanotechnology. As the clock gets closer to midnight, the world gets closer to global disaster.
The Clock has changed 18 times since the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1947. The closest it has been to midnight was in 1953, with only 2 minutes to midnight, when the US and the Soviet Union were testing thermonuclear devices within nine months of each other. The Clock changed last in January 2007, when the minute hand was pushed forward two minutes to five minutes before midnight. The board made the move due to two dangers, 27,000 nuclear weapons with 2,000 ready to launch and the destruction of habitats due to climate change.
Presently, the clock reads five minutes to midnight and is actually housed at the Bulletin of Atomic Sciences offices in Chicago, Ill. A representation will be changed this Thursday in New York City at the New York Academy of Sciences Building.
You can watch the live Web feed at www.TurnBackTheClock.org. According to their website, TurnBackTheClock.org, "is a global community of citizens and scientists making the world safer for future generations." The event will be streamed from the New York Academy of Sciences and will feature a question and answer session open to the online audience. You can tune in on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:00am EST (3:00pm GMT).
Sources:
Livescience.com
Wikipedia.org
TurnBackTheClock.org
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- You can watch the live Web feed at www.TurnBackTheClock.org.
- Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:00am EST (3:00pm GMT)