Countdown to midnight - Armageddon Clock

Since 1947, a clock has been countdown the minutes until the end for human beings. It is undoubtedly one of the most unique clocks around. The Apocalypse clock is not really a functionally working clock, is a true measurement device and is seen by many people waiting for their unusual movements.

The Apocalypse clock is the creation of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and its purpose is to provide a measure of the vulnerability of human beings of different threats. These threats, according to the above-mentioned newsletter previously, are mainly nuclear weapons in the world, climate change and new technologies in the life sciences. Although they are often discussed the threats of two of these in the media, is the first threat, nuclear weapons, which has caused the Apocalypse clock move the most in the past.

How does the clock

Basically, newsletter management Council meets regularly to discuss the various threats to the world. Consider nuclear developments and ambitions of countries around the world and decide to move to or from midnight. Since its inception in 1947, the clock has moved to eighteen times, with the last movement occur in 2007. In sixty-two years of its existence, the clock of round-trip moved, but it is now only two minutes from when started.

Over the years, the remote clock roundtrip, with 2 minutes to midnight when dangerous (during the heyday of the cold war) and 17 minutes the safest (the fall of the Berlin wall, and a treaty between United States and the USSR arms reduction). The last time that the clock of the past however, seven minutes to five minutes, a threat different entry into the equation. This time, the effects of climate change helped his movement, which was 7 minutes to 5.

Although climate change is gaining momentum as a serious threat to humanity, yet not be really compares to nuclear weapons. A large part of the reason for the tick down at 11: 55 was a nuclear activity by Korea of the North and Iran. There are more than 27,000 nuclear weapons in the world at the time of writing this article, and of these, 2,000 of them can be launched in minutes. This threat is obviously more disturbing than a force of destruction of the land of nature. This is a clock that people should keep a closer eye. In fact, most people don't even have heard of it. Five minutes to the end of the time seems precariously close and certainly deserves special attention.