The Doomsday Clock, which has been used to examine the world’s vulnerability to global catastrophe for nearly a century, has moved one second closer to midnight. On Jan. 28, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight,

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.

A science-oriented advocacy group says the Earth is moving closer to destruction. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight,