

“ ”It would be a stronger world, a stronger loving world, to die in. The worst part regarding all of this is that nobody seems to acknowledge nor care about these solemn warnings. In January 2023 it moved to 90 seconds, due to the war in Ukraine, which not only risked escalation into a wider conflict but also caused damage to wider norms about how nations interact with each other. The clock's time was reaffirmed on January 27th, 2021. On January 23rd, 2020, the clock was set 100 seconds to midnight, the closest the clock had ever been to midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said it saw an increase in dangers to humanity, from climate change to nuclear warfare. The clock changed in January 2018, when it was again set "2 minutes to midnight" - a level unseen since 1953 - mostly due to Donald Trump once more.

In January 2017, it was set "2.5 minutes to midnight", due to Donald Trump. On January 22, 2015, it was set "3 minutes to midnight", due to "unchecked climate change, global nuclear weapons modernizations, and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals", and the failure of "international leaders" to do anything about it. In recent times, the clock has been changing for the worse, albeit slowly. Note: The lower the graph becomes, the higher the probability of catastrophe is deemed to be. Graph of the changes to the Doomsday Clock time since 1947.
