Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is from ending — citing threats that include climate change,

The "doomsday clock," symbolizing how close humanity is to destruction, ticked one second closer to midnight Tuesday – the closest it has ever been.

The Doomsday Clock is updated every year and tells us how close we are to the end of civilisation as we know it.