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Diagram 1: 德赢vwin官网登录入口 Environmental Doomsday Clock to strike 9:47 in 2018. 德赢vwin官网登录入口 worst result ever since 德赢vwin官网登录入口 clock started ticking (Provided by 德赢vwin官网登录入口 Asahi Glass Foundation)


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Diagram 2: Doomsday Clocks allotted to different parts of 德赢vwin官网登录入口 world: Time progressed in red- colored areas while time regressed in green-colored areas (Provided by 德赢vwin官网登录入口 Asahi Glass Foundation)