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Published online 17 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070115-8
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Doomsday draws two minutes closer
Atomic scientists add climate change to the threats to humanity.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of its Doomsday Clock to five minutes before midnight — the metaphorical marker of the end of humanity.
Two factors prompted the Bulletin's board to move the clock forward by two minutes: the spread of nuclear weapons and, in a first for the group, climate change.
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