Washington, United States.
the clock of the apocalypse, Which symbolizes the imminence of a planetary cataclysms, Was kept at midnight less 100 seconds by the group of scientists who handles it, who stressed the inefficiency of governments in the management of the pandemic and their lack of preparation for the nuclear threats i climate change.
Is symbolic clock fcreated in 1947 by the NGO Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to warn about a nuclear cataclysm. Last year, the handles had advanced 20 seconds and indicated the time closer to midnight in the history of the clock.
“The mortal and terrifying covid-1 pandemic9 serves as a wake-up call, a clear example that national governments and international organizations are ill-prepared to deal with the weapons threats nuclear and the climate change que really could end civilizationSaid Rachel Bronson, director of the organization.
Each year, a group of experts composed of 13 Nobel Prizes mark the new time.
“Wake up!” asked the heads of state of the great powers, the former governor of California, And president of the NGO, Jerry Brown.
“United States, Russia and the nuclear powers of the world they must stop calling each other. It’s time for eliminate nuclear weapons, Not to build more. The same goes for the climate change: United States, China and other important countries to seriously address the deadly carbon emissions“He argued.
Created after the Second World War, the clock of the apocalypse originally aimed at seven minutes before the midnight.
In 1991, at the end of the Cold War, Stepped back 17 minutes before the midnight. In 1953, as well as in 2018 and 2019, it was at midnight minus two minutes.