The Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight

Assessed annually in response to events in the preceding year

2. 1953

US tests first hydrogen

bomb

1. 1949

USSR’s first nuclear test

3. 1991

End of cold

war

4. 1998

India and Pakistan tit-for-tat nuclear tests

5. 2007

North Korea conducts

nuclear test

6. 2015

Climate change and nuclear

weapons

modernisation

7. 2017

Trump’s comments on climate change and nuclear

proliferation

8. 2018

World leaders fail to address the largest threats to humanity

9. 2019

Information warfare exacerbates existing threats

3. 1991

End of cold

war

1. 1949

USSR’s first nuclear test

2. 1953

US tests first hydrogen

bomb

6. 2015

Climate change and nuclear

weapons

modernisation

4. 1998

India and Pakistan tit-for-tat nuclear tests

5. 2007

North Korea conducts

nuclear test

7. 2017

Trump’s comments on climate change and nuclear

proliferation

8. 2018

World leaders fail to address the largest threats to humanity

9. 2019

Information warfare exacerbates existing threats