This is a 'time of unprecedented danger,' leading figures said as the time on the Doomsday Clock was changed.
On Tuesday, the Doomsday Clock, which is a visual representation of how close humanity is thought to be to self-destruction, was set to 90 seconds to midnight. The time of midnight is"apocalypse" imagery, according to the Clock's creators, used to"convey threats to humanity and the planet."
The clock was created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists back in 1947. Each year, the time on the clock is reset as an updated symbol of how close the world is to annihilation from manmade technologies, such as nuclear weaponry and the effects of climate change.
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