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[–] 4 points 2 months ago*

Radiocarbon dating is the whole field of dating things by the amount of carbon isotopes as opposed to the environment these things are in.

I think you are referring specifically to bomb-pulse carbon dating. This bomb pulse carbon dating is more precise for recent "things". Anything that formed after the bomb basically.

So even if we lose bomb-pulse carbon dating (which we will in approximately the next few years) we still have "classic" radiocarbon dating. It's a loss of one specific process but not the general method.

Disclaimer: not a scientist in that field, please correct me as needed.

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