About the same portion (31%) said they were too pressed for time. Lower percentages said they didn’t believe climate change should be taught in school (9%) or feared parental pushback (6%).

Since the turn of the century, international conflict, climate change, and disease have pushed the clock's hands ever closer to 12. In 2024, the world took a particularly dark turn. Last year was the ...

"At 89 seconds to midnight, the doomsday clock stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history," said Juan Manuel Santos, former president of Colombia and chair of The Elders, a ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, based at the University of Chicago, moved its Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, representing the closest the world has been to “global catastrophe.” ...

The existential threats we face can only be addressed through bold leadership and partnership on a global scale,” Juan Manuel Santos, former president of Colombia, said in the release.

Since 2007, climate change has been a leading concern that determines the placement of the clock. The clock was initially set at seven minutes to midnight and has moved 25 times since then.

Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board, Herbert Lin, Juan Manuel Santos, Robert Socolow, and Suzet McKinney stand with the updated Doomsday Clock, now set to ...

Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, second from left, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists member Robert Socolow, second from right, reveal the Doomsday Clock, set at 89 seconds to ...

Juan Manuel Santos, chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who participated in the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement, said: “The Doomsday Clock is ...

Atomic scientists moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine and other factors underlying the risks of global ...

Juan Manuel Santos, Chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who participated in the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement, said: “The Doomsday Clock is moving at ...

“There is still time to make the right choices to turn back the hands of the Doomsday Clock,” said Juan Manuel Santos, chair of The Council of Elders, former president of Colombia and Nobel Peace ...