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   doomsday

   /ˈduːmzdeɪ/

   noun

   • 1. the last day of the world's existence: "Bede believed that the time of doomsday is concealed from mankind"
   • ▪ (in religious belief) the day of the Last Judgement.
   • ▪ a time or event of crisis or great danger: "in all the concern over greenhouse warming, one doomsday scenario stands out"

   Word Origin Old Englishdōmes dæg (see doom, day).

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   What does Doomsday mean?

   • fin del mundo… fim do mundo… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DOOMSDAY definition: 1. the end of the world, or a time when something very bad will happen: 2. the end of the world….

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   What is the Doomsday Clock?

   • The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest to the hour it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947.

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   When did the Doomsday Clock change?

   • Doomsday Clock The Doomsday Clock has changed multiple times since 1947. The clock was reset for the first time, to three minutes to midnight, in 1949. The reason for the change was the first atomic bomb test by the Soviet Union, in August 1949, which marked the beginning of the world’s nuclear arms race.

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   What is a doomsday scenario?

   • doomsday scenario Ecologists predict a doomsday scenario (= a time when death and destruction will happen) if global warming continues to increase at the present rate. until doomsday You could talk until doomsday (= for a very long time), but they will never change their minds.

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   Why is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight?

   • A second factor for the closer position to midnight is that, as the number and variety of threats facing humanity has multiplied, so have the seriousness of the challenges in governing these risks. In 2015, the Bulletin moved its Doomsday Clock from five to three minutes to midnight, noting three key issues behind this move.

   How to read the Doomsday Clock - BBC

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   When was the Doomsday Clock set in 2023?

   • In January 2023 the clock was set to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to doomsday. The concept of the Doomsday Clock originated in 1947 with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit organization that sought to warn the public about the danger of nuclear weapons.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-68017445Doomsday Clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight - BBC News

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   Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock - which shows how symbolically close the world is to nuclear Armageddon - is to remain at 90 seconds to midnight. Scientists have listed reasons for...

4. www.cnn.com › 2024/01/23 › worldDoomsday Clock 2024: When will the world end and how ... - CNN

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   Jan 23, 2024 · The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at a new time that indicates how close we are to making Earth uninhabitable for humanity.

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   Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock - which shows how symbolically close the world is to nuclear Armageddon - is to remain at 90 seconds to midnight. Scientists have listed reasons for keeping its...

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   Doomsday Clock, symbolic clock adopted by atomic scientists to show how close human beings are considered to be to a global catastrophe, with midnight standing for annihilation, or “doomsday.”

9. www.bbc.com › future › articleHow to read the Doomsday Clock - BBC

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   Jan 23, 2023 · The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existential risk researcher SJ Beard explains.

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    1. : a day of final judgment. 2. : a time of catastrophic destruction and death. Examples of doomsday in a Sentence. a warning that doomsday is near The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.