Dooms Day Clock Stays Two Minutes Till Midnight

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Due to the United States' decisions to abandon the Iran nuclear deal and the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists decided to keep the infamous Doomsday Clock at two minutes to midnight.

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical measurement of how long the planet has left before disaster strikes. 

According to these latest predictions, we’re just two minutes away from world annialation. This is the closest time to total desctruction ever predictied by the doomsday clock. 

Here is how the clock has moved over the years.

2018 - IT IS 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT   

2017 - IT IS 2 1/2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

2016 - IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

2015 - IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 

2012 - IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

2010 - IT IS 6 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

2007 - IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

2002 - IT IS 7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1998 - IT IS 9 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1995 - IT IS 14 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1991 - IT IS 17 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1990 - IT IS 10 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1988 - IT IS 6 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1984 - IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1981 - IT IS 4 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

1980 - IT IS 7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT