Daily Mail: World is closest it has been to catastrophe since the Cold War: Doomsday Clock remains at just three minutes to midnight
* Doomsday Clock is a symbolic countdown to possible global catastrophe
* There has been progress in the Iran nuclear and the Paris climate deals
* But concern remains over the continuing conflict in Ukraine and Syria
* Experts are also worried about movement of short-to-medium range nuclear weapons by Russia, as well as ongoing global warming
The minute hand on the symbolic Doomsday Clock remains at three minutes to midnight, marking the direst setting since the height of the Cold War.
'Three minutes (to midnight) is too close. Far too close',' the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said.
The clock reflects how vulnerable the world is to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies, with midnight symbolising apocalypse.
Recent progress in the Iran nuclear agreement and the Paris climate deal 'constitute only small bright spots in a darker world situation full of potential for catastrophe', scientists said.
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More News On Today's Declaration That The Doomsday Clock Is Still Three Minutes To Midnight
It is still three minutes to midnight -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Scientists: "Doomsday Clock" reflects grave threat to world -- AP
Doomsday Clock stays unchanged at three minutes to midnight -- Reuters
Scientists Announce 'Doomsday Clock' Time Showing How Close We Are to the Apocalypse -- ABC News
Doomsday Clock Stays At 3 Minutes To Midnight -- NPR
The end is nearer: 'Doomsday Clock' to change to show destruction is at hand -- UPI
'Doomsday Clock' to stand still amid nuclear tensions -- BBC
Doomsday Clock stuck near midnight due to climate change and nuclear war -- The Guardian
Doomsday Clock: 'Three minutes' left until the apocalypse -- USA Today
Doomsday Clock Update: World Remains Close To Nuclear Destruction Amid Russia, US Nuclear Tensions -- IBTimes
World’s 'doomsday' clock will stay at three minutes to midnight -- Verge
Is the Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight? -- CBS
Doomsday Clock: Everything that might lead scientists to announce humanity is closer to apocalypse than ever before -- The Independent
What is the Doomsday Clock and why does it matter? -- Emily Reynolds, Wired
The Clock: A Brief History -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Atomic Scientists should tend to their atom-knitting, and leave military threats to other who know something about it. The fact is that the world situation today is immeasurably safer and more peaceful than it was in the hoked-up Cold War. Of course the US would like that situation to change. There's no money in peace, after all. Clinton for president? Bring on the War Goddess.
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