Growing emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are threatening the effectiveness of radiocarbon dating, according to new research. The dating method has been used for decades to accurately determine the age of a wide range of artefacts. But using fossil fuels pumps a type of carbon into the atmosphere that confuses the dating technique. Scientists say that by 2050, new clothes could have the same radiocarbon date as items 1,000 years old.
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Wednesday July 22 2015, @10:58PM
Looks like someone at the BBC has no clue how radio-carbon dating works at all.