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英語で世界を知ろう！Topic Reading

2018/01/31 Topic Reading-Vol.2121-1/31/2018

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‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks 30 seconds closer to midnight’s apocalyptic destruction

Now, it is as dangerous as the height of the cold war, according to the Doomsday Clock, which shows the possibility of a total destruction of the planet by human hands. The clock was set by atomic scientists in 1947 to show how close the world is to a global nuclear war. The minute hand was originally set at seven minutes to midnight, moved forward to only two minutes to midnight in 1953 when the whole world was scared of a nuclear war between the US and USSR, but moved back as far as 17 minutes to midnight when the cold war ended. It now includes other factors, such as climate change and other life sciences and technology that could affect the living environment.

This year, the minute hand was forwarded by 30 seconds to two minutes to midnight again not only because of the nuclear armament move by India, Pakistan and North Korea but also by the US’s move to back off the climate agreement and the unpredictability of the President.

Is the apocalypse nearing?

Read the article and watch the video to learn what Doomsday Clock means and indicates.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/doomsday-clock-ticks-30-seconds-closer-midnights-apocalyptic/story?id=52606037&cid=clicksource_4380645_10_post_hero_bsq_hed

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