Council in Melbourne Installs $18,000 ‘Doomsday Clock’ Predicting Climate Catastrophe in 6 Years

The art installation was paid for by Yarra City Council in Melbourne’s inner-city.
Council in Melbourne Installs $18,000 ‘Doomsday Clock’ Predicting Climate Catastrophe in 6 Years
The 2023 Doomsday Clock is displayed before a live-streamed event with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Jan. 24, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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It’s safe to say most people have pondered the potential end of the world on a quiet and contemplative day—will it happen? If so, what could happen and when?

Yarra City Council, which presides over a portion of inner-city Melbourne, has sort to put a timeline to this existential question with the installation of a clock made specially to count down the days until the demise of the earth as we know it.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.