The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists changed its format from a newsletter to a magazine. Its first cover features a clock, both conceptualized and designed by artist Martyl Langsdorf. The Clock’s hands move based upon whether events push humanity closer to or further from nuclear apocalypse. The Clock later includes dangers posed by climate change and other existential threats.
Turned on in 47.
an indicator pointing at heaven,
the method as yet unidentified,
of how the world will be transmogrified.
53 - first turn of the spring by hydrogen,
to return Earth to molten origin,
63 - Cuban crisis intensifies
the race,
Test Ban treaty slows the pace.
12 minutes
72 – Russia and USA sign SALT,
if anyone shoots it will
be their fault,
80 – SALT fails, more states connect,
resources and crises collect.
7 minutes
81 – Russia invades Afghanistan,
Reagan refuses to be anchorman,
84 – communications cease,
US want a space system centrepiece,
3 minutes
90 – actions make peace more certain,
down comes the Iron Curtain,
Cold War finally over,
Does it mean we’re all in clover.
17 minutes
95 – only five years and a close call,
Russia no lambs replacing USSR’s fall,
Failure to control nuclear a shame,
India and Pakistan joins the game.
9 minutes
02 – terrorists stir the worries pot,
new weapons give even more a shot,
07 – N Korea on the rise,
conducts nuclear tests – no surprise.
5 minutes
10 – climate change joins the equation,
main actors want further action,
pointing towards no nuclear bombs,
the climate leading modern psalms.
6 minutes
15 – no new forwards steps,
some denying of climate concepts,
leading to more significant threats,
pointing disaster at all our doorsteps.
3 minutes
18 – social media is in the frame,
communication available to every name,
introduces an instrument to everyone,
leadership pressure can be built upon.
2 minutes
20 – humanity faces nuclear war and climate change,
information wars affect the range,
national relations is becoming more aggressive,
self-aggrandisement of leaders increasingly obsessive.
85 seconds – 2026
©David L Atkinson March
2026
God Bless
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