Hank Green, Author and Science Communicator, Joins Doomsday Clock 75th Anniversary Announcement
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live virtual press conference at 10:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. GMT to Thursday, January 20 to announce the hour of the end of the world 2022 and start the 75e iconic anniversary Clock.
The announcement can be viewed on the Bulletin’s website or on its Facebook page.
For 75 years, the Doomsday Clock has served as a metaphor to show how close humanity is to self-annihilation. Since 1947, it has also served as a call to action to reverse the hands, which had previously backed off. The end of the world clock is set annually by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Council in consultation with the organization’s Sponsoring Council.
The 2022 Doomsday Clock program will feature remarks from:
- Hank Green, science communicator, vlogger and New York Times bestselling author (An absolutely remarkable thing). Hank is known to produce the popular YouTube channel Vloggers with his brother, author John Green (Blame it on our stars, paper cities, turtles all the way down);
- Rachel Bronson, PhD, President and CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
- Asha M. George, DrPH, Executive Director, Biparty Commission on Biodefense, and Member, Science and Security Board (SASB), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
- Herb Lin, PhD, senior researcher in cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and member of the Science and Security Board ( SASB), Bulletin of Atomic Scientists;
- Sharon Squassoni, Research Professor, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and Co-Chair, Science and Security Board (SASB), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
- Scott D. Sagan, PhD, Caroline SG Munro Professor of Political Science, Mimi and Peter Haas University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) at Stanford University and member from the Science and Safety Council (SASB), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; and
- Raymond Pierrehumbert, PhD, Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, lead author of the IPCC Third Assessment Report and member of the Science and Safety Board (SASB), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Apocalyptic clock 75e anniversary will also be commemorated in a tabletop book that explores how the powerful symbol has impacted global culture, politics and politics and has helped shape discussions and strategies around nuclear risk, climate change and technologies. disruptive.
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Media contacts for the announcement of the end of the world clock 2022:
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Media contact for the Bulletin:
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