radiocarbon dating

New Study Reveals Little Ice Age Triggered By Volcanism

February 1, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter In a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder with co-authors at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and other organizations, researchers may have possibly found evidence the “Little Ice Age” may have had ties to an unusual era [...]

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Carbon Dating

September 20, 2010

As many are no doubt aware, carbon is an abundant element found in the atmosphere, the earth, the oceans, and every living creature. C-12 [or carbon 12 because it has an atomic weight (A) of 12] is the most common isotope, but it is by no means the only one. C-14, is another variant; an [...]

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