The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point".

The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point".

In 2022, the doomsday clock is still 100 second away from "zero". It is reported that this is the third consecutive year that the hands of the "Doomsday Clock" have been set in this position. When it was established, the minutes of the clock were 7 minutes away from midnight. The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point".

The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point". The legendary doomsday of 1 has been cancelled several times. 1999 did not happen, nor did 20 12. It seems that human beings do not believe this statement more and more. The American doomsday clock is still 100 seconds away from the "zero point" of the end of the world, which is 1 minute for 40 seconds.

During the period of 1947, some American scientists who participated in the Manhattan Project worried that human civilization would end after the invention of the atomic bomb. So it warned mankind in the form of a clock, and later it gradually evolved into a doomsday clock. The Doomsday Clock has only a quarter dial. The closer time is to zero, the greater the danger that the world will be destroyed at present. Once the clock is set to 0, it means the end of the world.

On June 24th, 2020, witnessed by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the "Doomsday Clock" was adjusted from 23: 43 to 23: 58: 20, leaving only 100 second from zero. The last adjustment was in 199 1 at the end of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and it has not been moved for 29 years.

Why did the doomsday clock suddenly accelerate to only 1 min for 40 seconds in 2020 when human science and technology developed further? Because scientists believe that human beings are facing very severe challenges at this stage, the first is the extreme disasters caused by climate change, such as the Amazon rainforest fire and the Australian forest fire, which are rare super-large-scale fires in the world. With global warming, various natural disasters will intensify in the future.

The second is the intensification of regional conflicts around the world. In particular, the chain reaction caused by the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

In fact, the so-called "doomsday clock" is actually more symbolic, used to warn people to pay attention to the increasingly serious crisis. We don't know how effective it is. But at least few people in China know this news at present.

Faced with the possible end of the world, some scientists, such as the late physicists Hawking and Einstein, are clamoring for human beings to cherish peace and cherish the home of the earth. But some more ambitious people have already started the next exploration plan, such as Musk, the founder of Space Exploration Technology.

For the development and continuation of human civilization, in order to prevent the possible end of the world, Musk will launch a manned launch vehicle within a few years, send the first humans to Mars, and start the first step of his interstellar migration plan.

But at least so far, the earth is still the only home for mankind, and I hope everyone will cherish it.

The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point". According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 20th, the "Doomsday Clock" was used to warn mankind of the threat of nuclear weapons and various disasters. According to an expert group, this time, the hands of the clock will stay at 100 seconds before midnight.

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The report pointed out that this is the third consecutive year that the pointer of the "doomsday clock" has been set in this position, which is closer to midnight than any period during the Cold War, including the Cuban missile crisis.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which is responsible for planning the annual unveiling ceremony of the hands, said that the decision to keep the hands of the doomsday clock unchanged reflected some positive developments in the past year, which were offset by the rising trends of nuclear weapons proliferation, climate emergencies and biological threats.

Squassoni, a professor at George Washington University and co-chairman of the Science and Security Committee of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, said: "The doomsday clock will stabilize at 100 second before midnight. But stability is not good news. In fact, this reflects the Committee's judgment that we are in a dangerous moment that will bring neither stability nor security. "

Scott Sagan, a professor of political science at Stanford University, said: "The doomsday clock is not set by good intentions, but by evidence of action."

The "Doomsday Clock" is a fictional clock face. Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, sponsored by the University of Chicago, was founded in 1947. The clock shows the extent to which the world is threatened by nuclear weapons. When 1947 was established, the minute hand of the clock was 7 minutes away from midnight. According to the world situation, the magazine will set the minute hand nearby or dial the ion night to remind all walks of life to face up to the problem.

The doomsday clock in 2022 is still 100 second away from the "zero point". Unexpectedly, at the beginning of 2022, we were greeted by so many news of "the earth is not good". I just saw scientists warning that the sixth extinction "may have begun", but I didn't expect another "doomsday clock" news. What is this? Hawking's prediction will come true?

Of course, the change of the earth is really worrying, but in the final analysis, there are still many shortcomings in human climate change, otherwise the extreme climate phenomenon of the earth will not continue to develop. The global temperature of 202 1 tells us once again that the pace of human emission of greenhouse gases has not stopped.

The global average temperature in 20021year is the same as that in 20 18 year, which is still higher than the average temperature before the industrial age, and the climate problem is quite serious. Under the climate change, all kinds of disastrous problems emerge one after another, which is also the reason why scientists warn again.

The sixth mass extinction "may have begun"

As we all know, there have been five mass extinctions on the earth, and the impact of each mass extinction is enormous. At the beginning of 2022, I didn't expect the team led by Robert Cowie, a research professor from the Pacific Bioscience Research Center of the University of Hawaii, to release the research again, pointing out that the sixth mass extinction has already started on land and fresh water, and it seems to be becoming more and more possible. The study was published in the journal Biological Review.

Of course, what this research data points out most is a change about animals. Before this, many people may say that it didn't appear at all, and many studies are also pointing out that the appearance of the sixth mass extinction is inaccurate. However, the research team made a public statement on biodiversity and refuted this hypothesis by compiling the extinction rates of land snails and slugs. Inferring from these data, the research team concluded that since 1500, 7.5% has reached 13%. The species may be extinct.

So many humble creatures may not be noticed. However, according to these small groups of species, the research team once again explained that the sixth extinction "may have begun", that is, it may have arrived, so this is the strongest warning to human beings, because human beings are one of the "pushing hands" for the extinction of these creatures. Man should really change the climate. This is not under the news, the news of "Doomsday Bell" has appeared again.

The doomsday clock has only 100 second left.

According to the news released by the Guardian, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 2022 adjusted and explained the doomsday clock again, that is, it decided to keep the hands of the doomsday clock unchanged, and the doomsday clock stabilized at 100 second before midnight.

But unchanged does not mean that human beings have changed. Professor George Washington University and the Science and Security Committee of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have also published another explanation, which is really not good news.

Through the Committee's judgment, we are caught in a dangerous moment that will bring neither stability nor security. With the positive development of 202 1, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, climate emergencies and biological threats have been unable to offset the negative long-term trend. In other words, it has not completely changed everything. Therefore, it has remained unchanged and has not been lowered, because this dangerous moment has not changed much.

So the doomsday clock is only 100 second, which sounds the alarm again. Human beings should strengthen the change of these problems, and the climate problem is one of them. The rising trend of climate emergencies and biological threats is corresponding. So in the final analysis, the earth may be in an "overloaded" state. If it continues, the earth may really become an uninhabitable celestial body.

Hawking's prediction will come true?

Indeed, Hawking once predicted that if global warming continues to intensify, human beings will not be able to survive on the earth, and this prediction is aimed at human climate. That is, one of the phenomena that "the doomsday clock is only 100 second", he said that if human beings can't effectively curb the aggravation of global warming, the earth will be as high as 460℃ like Venus, and human beings will not be able to survive. The earth is likely to become the same state as Venus and eventually become a fireball.

Is that so? Although we don't know whether Hawking's prediction is correct, the change of climate impact on the earth is "obvious". There is indeed an extreme phenomenon that the temperature of the earth is getting hotter and hotter. No, in 2022, various climate phenomena appeared all over the world.

For example, in June, 5438 +2022 10, Australia experienced a rare high temperature, and the temperature in Onslow, a small town in Western Australia, was abnormal. It appears above 50 degrees, which is quite rare.

At the same time, Oodnadatta in South Australia also set the hottest record in Australia since June 1960. So this is the "chain effect" brought by global warming, indicating that climate change is imminent, so we don't know whether Hawking's prediction is accurate, but the change of the earth is indeed becoming more and more extreme. Otherwise, the earth is really unbearable.

On the whole, whether the doomsday clock in 2022 is only 100 seconds, or the sixth mass extinction warned by scientists "may have begun", or Hawking's prediction, it shows that the earth is "carrying negatively" and it is most important to strengthen the response to climate change. At least this is the main factor to save the earth and change it. This is the general situation.