Accelerator mass spectrometer

This timeline provides a look at some of the historical aspects in finding out the age of the Earth. Find...

In this activity, students interpret graphs from a long-term study of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of New Zealand. They...

Associate Professor Fiona Petchey is using carbon-14 (C-14) to date artefacts of historical importance excavated from the Wairau Bar archaeological...

Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, is one of several methods referred to as absolute dating – but here’s...