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In 2012 the atomic scientists moved the hand up one minute.
IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
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5 minutes to midnight
2012: "The challenges to rid the world of nuclear weapons and meet the nearly inexorable climate disruptions from global warming are complex and interconnected. In the face of such complex problems, it is difficult to see where the capacity lies to address these challenges." Political processes seem wholly inadequate; the potential for nuclear weapons use in regional conflicts in the Middle East, Northeast Asia, and South Asia are alarming; the pace of technological solutions to address climate change may not be adequate to meet the hardships that large-scale disruption of the climate portends.
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