Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf America did not drop atomic bombs on Japan would we still have radioactive dating? If not what would we have to time frame archeological discoveries?message-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down18
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareIf America did not drop atomic bombs on Japan would we still have radioactive dating? If not what would we have to time frame archeological discoveries?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoYou’re talking carbon dating, and the analysis probably takes into account the 2000+ atomic bombs going off these past decades. I’m replying to this post because you and others need to know that: 2000+ nuclear bombs went off on earth - obviously not simultaneously - but we DO live on a rather radioactive planet now.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s OK, we made a brand new market for pre 1940s steel so we can make scientific tools that aren’t contaminated with radiated air when making the steel.
You’re talking carbon dating, and the analysis probably takes into account the 2000+ atomic bombs going off these past decades.
I’m replying to this post because you and others need to know that:
2000+ nuclear bombs went off on earth - obviously not simultaneously - but we DO live on a rather radioactive planet now.
That’s OK, we made a brand new market for pre 1940s steel so we can make scientific tools that aren’t contaminated with radiated air when making the steel.