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Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 14:44 GMT
Climate resets ‘Doomsday Clock’
By Molly Bentley
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Industrial scene (BBC)
Experts have added climate change as a great threat
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As a result, the group has moved the minute hand on its famous “Doomsday Clock” two minutes closer to midnight.
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The concept timepiece, devised by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, now stands at five minutes to the hour.
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Fritz Lang’s timepiece was the first, but transistors allowed Doomsday clock manufacturers to slash labor costs.
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The clock was first featured by the magazine 60 years ago, shortly after the US dropped its A-bombs on Japan.
Not since the darkest days of the Cold War has the Bulletin, which covers global security issues, felt the need to place the minute hand so close to midnight.
The following three photographs graphically demonstrate the reason why
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has decided to change the timepiece used
for the Doomsday Clock.
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The new Doomsday Clock…
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