Doomsday Clock 2020 live: How to watch the Doomsday Clock announcement TODAY
THE Doomsday Clock announcement today will reveal how close mankind has come to total annihilation. Here is how to watch the Doomsday Clock announcement live online today.
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The Doomsday Clock will revise its apocalyptic forecast for 2020 today (January 23) at 3pm GMT (10pm EST). Watch the Doomsday Clock announcement below, courtesy of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The symbolic clock’s new “time” will be revealed during a live conference hosted in Washington DC, US.
The Doomsday Clock press conference will address the most crucial technological, environmental and ongoing geopolitical conflicts.
The clock is currently set to two minutes to midnight and the key question is whether the geopolitical situation is improving enough to prevent nuclear armageddon.
The Bulletin said: "Join Governor Jerry Brown – Bulletin Executive Chair – leaders of The Elders Mary Robinson – former President of Ireland – and Ban Ki-moon – former UN Secretary-General – and the Bulletin's Science and Security Board for the 2020 setting of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' iconic Doomsday Clock
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How to live stream the Doomsday Clock announcement:
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists press conference will stream live online over the internet today across social media and the Bulletin’s website.
You can also watch it live on Express.co.uk in the embedded YouTube video player above. Simply hit play just before the conference kicks off.
The live stream is expected to start at exactly 3pm GMT (10am EST) today.
The scientists wrote: “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live international news conference at 10am EST/3pm GMT on Thursday, January 23, 2019, to announce whether the minute hand of the iconic ‘Doomsday Clock’ will be adjusted.
“The decision is made by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board in consultation with the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors, which includes 14 Nobel Laureates.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live international news conference
“The factors contributing to the decision about the Doomsday Clock time will be outlined on January 24.
Today’s conference will be presented by Rachel Bronson, President and CEO of the bulletin.
Also in attendance will be the former California Governor Jerry Brown.
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Other notable guest speakers include Former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, Sharon Squassoni of Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and Susan Solomon of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Stanford University cybersecurity experts and University of Chicago astrophysicists will also be present at the unveiling of the 2020 Doomsday Clock.
The scientific experts examined the quantities of global nuclear arsenals, the effects of climate change and ongoing armed conflicts around the world to decide whether the clock goes forward, backwards or remains static.
On January 25, 2018, the bulletin decided to push the clock’s minute hand forward by 30 seconds, to two minutes to midnight.
The decision marked the closest humanity has been to doomsday in 66 years.
The bulletin said: “In January 2018, the Doomsday Clock’s minute hand was set forward by 30 seconds, to two minutes before midnight, the closest it has been to apocalypse since 1953 in the early years of the Cold War.
“The Doomsday Clock’s movement in 2018 was influenced in large part by the failure of world leaders to respond effectively to the looming threats of nuclear war and climate change.
“Previously, the Clock was moved from three minutes to midnight to two and a half minutes to midnight in January 2017.
“Now, the question is whether or not circumstances have improved sufficiently to start moving the minute hand away from midnight.”
When the Doomsday Clock was introduced in June 1947, the device was set to seven minutes to midnight.
Doomsday Clock timeline:
1947: Seven minutes to midnight
1949: Three minutes to midnight
1953: Two minutes to midnight
1960: Seven minutes to midnight
1963: 12 minutes to midnight
1968: Seven minutes to midnight
1969: 10 minutes to midnight
1972: 12 minutes to midnight
1974: Nine minutes to midnight
1980: Seven minutes to midnight
1981: Four minutes to midnight
1984: Three minutes to midnight
1988: Six minutes to midnight
1990: 10 minutes to midnight
1991: 17 minutes to midnight
1995: 14 minutes to midnight
1998: Nine minutes to midnight
2002: Seven minutes to midnight
2007: Five minutes to midnight
2010: Six minutes to midnight
2012: Five minutes to midnight
2015: Three minutes to midnight
2016: Three minutes to midnight
2017: Two-and-a-half minutes to midnight
2018: Two minutes to midnight
2019: Two minutes to midnight