Saturday, January 26, 2019

Update on the World’s Doomsday Clock. The ‘new abnormal’ and its not just about the nuclear threat, it’s about the livability of our world, globally

Discussion topic of the day - Update on the World’s Doomsday Clock - See what Newser has published. Time to move on from the 'green sheen' and make some real changes.

The World’s Doomsday Clock time is marked by more than just the nuclear threat; though that is in the top two threats listed (no ranking between 1 or 2). As cited in the article, climate change is cited as one of two major threats:
"We're running out of time,” says board member Susan Soloman. "If we don't start reducing emissions in this next decade, it's pretty clear we'll have a world we don't want to live in."
Please read the complete article (Posted Jan 24, 2019), by Arden Dier,  Newser Staff, Newser.com: Scientists Reveal New Doomsday Clock Reading, It remains at 2 minutes to armageddon, what group calls the 'new abnormal':
(NEWSER) – "A new abnormal: It is still two minutes to midnight," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Thursday in revealing its Doomsday Clock, the symbolic timepiece representing humanity's proximity to an apocalypse of its own making. Never before has the clock been closer to midnight, reports CBS Chicago. The current reading of 11:58—decided among board members, including 15 Nobel laureates—was first reached at the height of the Cold War in 1953, then again last year. "We expect to be here for some time, in this precarious situation, which is why we're calling it the 'new abnormal,'" CEO Rachel Bronson tells the Washington Post. Per NBC News, she notes there is in fact "nothing normal about the complex and frightening reality we are describing."
EDITOR'S OBSERVATION: There is a lot of work to do - improving and enhancing public transportation, reducing our carbon footprint, stopping urban sprawl, addressing out of date/ineffective individual home septic systems, building green. Real changes are needed, not merely 'greenwashing'.

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