Comments on: A New Leap Forward for Radiocarbon Dating

By: Rebeca

Rebeca — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:26:44 +0000

Some very interesting Theories :)

By: Barbie McConnell

Barbie McConnell — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:22:14 +0000

How does carbon dating reconcile itself with the law of Thermodynamics, that is that everything is essentially eternal in nature – that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, so that the atoms inside anything are essentially ageless?

By: Hannad

Hannad — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:56:14 +0000

but how do you know that the C14 content shall be the same all over? no regional differences between that lake in Japan and the deserts in Egypt and the freezing conditions in Russia?

By: B. Wyse

B. Wyse — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:59:07 +0000

The state of general science knowledge in America is poor and articles in a magazine like Smithsonian should not have several blatant errors. First radioactive atoms decay not degrade. Second C-14 dating compares to ratio of
C-14 to C-12 not N-14. Third it would be nice to know that C-14 is constantly created in the upper atmosphere by cosmic rays and variation is caused by changes in the amount of cosmic rays and how strongly they are deflected by the earth’s magnetic field.