The vast majority of human activities over the years have considerably affected the functioning of the planet, and it became necessary to intervene in some situations so that the worst did not happen. There is no exactitude about the time of existence of the human race on Earth, but caution must be exercised in what is done with the place we inhabit.
However, in order to follow this process, the doomsday clock marks how long we are at the end of the world, and if it marks 00:00 something serious will happen.
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The doomsday clock tells how far we are from the end of the world
To end the uncertainty - or at least try to - of the time we still have left on the planet, the doomsday clock came to life. In 1947, the idea of measuring the life span of the human race on Earth through a special clock came to fruition.
1. How does the clock work?
Functioning as a kind of alert and even human awareness, the doomsday clock operates by marking the hours and the advance of the hands is worrying. According to catastrophes or positive things that happen, your schedule is changed. For example, we recently went through a pandemic that scared the planet, and that makes the clock go forward.
2. Midnight marks the end of humanity
If it reaches the limit, which is 00:00, it will mean that the human race is no longer able to live on the planet because it has been devastated. Most likely, the reasons for our extinction would be a nuclear disaster or severe climate change.
3. Situations where the clock got closer to 00:00
- In 1953, the clock reached the 23:58 mark, two minutes from the end of the world. At the time, the United States and the Soviet Union, still in the context of the Cold War, were testing thermonuclear devices.
- In the year 2018, 23:58 was the time that marked the clock. This happened because North Korea presented a significant evolution in its nuclear technology, increasing tension with the United States.
- Also marking two minutes to the end of the world, 2019 clocked in at 23:58 on the hands. This is thanks to the inaction of world governments regarding climate change.
- Breaking the record of previous years, the year 2020 reached 23:58:20, exactly 1m and 40s to the end of the world. Thanks to the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the US and Russia and the growing tensions between the US and Iran, in addition to the coronavirus, humanity saw its existence being more threatened than ever.
- The closest we've been to the end of the world was in 2022, when the clock struck 23:58:30, exactly 90 seconds to go. The main reason was the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine.
