Doomsday Scenarios in 60 Minutes

Published On: July 13, 2024

Reporting on Doomsday Scenarios

  • From 2022, Jon Wertheim’s report on “preppers” who are gearing up for extreme catastrophes.
  • From 2008, Scott Pelley’s visit to the “doomsday vault” inside a mountain near the North Pole, built to warehouse backup copies of all the world’s crops.
  • From 2023, Pelley’s interviews with scientists who say the planet is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction with Earth’s wildlife running out of places to live.
  • And also from 2023, Bill Whitaker’s story on virus hunters who are searching for new pathogens to help prevent another pandemic.
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