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title: Doomsday clock advanced by 2 minutes
date: "2002-03-16T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1398
description: I'm tracking the Doomsday Clock's move to seven minutes before midnight, reflecting a heightening of global risk. This two-minute advancement brings the world back to the level of tension seen during the Cold War.
keywords: [doomsday clock, bulletin of the atomic scientists, nuclear risk, cold war, global security]
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[The Doomsday clock has been advanced by 2 minutes](http://www.thebulletin.org/media/current.html). It now reads 7 minutes from midnight. That's the level is was during the cold war.