Radiocarbon dating is one of the great tools of science that has allowed archeologists to shed new light on everything from the building of Stonehenge to the beginnings of international trade. However, a new study from the Imperial College London suggests that fossil fuel carbon emissions may be so diluting radioactive carbon isotopes that within decades it will difficult to differentiate between modern artifacts and those over a thousand years old.
.. Continue Reading Fossil fuel emissions threaten to reduce radiocarbon dating reliability
Section: Science
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Archeology
Radioactivity
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