Resetting the Doomsday Clock
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced today that it would push their Doomsday Clock back one minute — to six minutes to midnight — in recognition of President Obama’s efforts to combat nuclear proliferation and climate change.
The Doomsday clock was first established, by scientists, in 1947 and has only been adjusted 18 times since. An average of just over once every presidential term.
An argument could be made that the rising influence of the extreme right in the USA is potentially bringing global catastrophe closer but that is a discussion for another place.
Posted by steve Date: Friday, January 15, 2010
Categories: Environment
Tags: Doomsday clock, global warming, Nuclear
