US EditionBulletin Sets Doomsday Clock at 85 Seconds Amid Rising Global Risks
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited escalating nuclear tensions, climate change, and unregulated artificial intelligence as key factors driving the clock to its closest setting ever at 85 seconds.
- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed on Jan. 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C., that the Doomsday Clock advanced to 85 seconds to midnight, its closest reading ever.
- Experts cited escalating technological and geopolitical threats as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists highlighted nuclear war, climate change, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence risks amid collapsing international cooperation.
- Last year the clock sat at 89 seconds, and the Bulletin sets the Doomsday Clock annually via its science and security board in consultation with its board of sponsors formed by Albert Einstein.
- The Bulletin intends the clock to catalyse policy and public engagement, aiming to spur actionable ideas as Alexandra Bell said `Humanity has not made sufficient progress on the existential risks that endanger us all` this year.
- The trend shows the clock edging closer in three of the last four years, as the Bulletin cited risks involving Russia-Ukraine, India-Pakistan, and Iran, urging bold, sustained action.
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The clock of the apocalypse, a metaphorical counter intended to represent how close mankind is to destruction, approached more than ever at midnight on Tuesday: 85 seconds for the blow of fate. It is the darkest prospect to date of the future of the Earth of the makers of the clock, a non-profit organization and publication called Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which has put the clock in time every year since 1947.
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