Why would we expect atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons to increase the relative abundance of carbon- 14

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Why would we expect atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons to increase the relative abundance of carbon- 14 in the atmosphere? Why would we expect the widespread burning of fossil fuels to decrease the relative abundance of carbon-14 in the atmosphere?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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