Ancient fossilized trees may finally prove Noah’s Ark flood is true: scientists

Nypost · May 23, 2026 · 875 words · By Marissa Matozzo

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Ancient fossilized trees may finally prove Noah’s Ark flood is true: scientists See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Ancient fossilized trees may finally prove Noah’s Ark flood is true: scientists See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Common ground

Towering fossilized tree trunks entombed upright in layers of rock across the US are stirring up a flood of debate — with some researchers claiming the eerie formations could be evidence that Noah’s Ark and the biblical Great Flood were more than just Sunday…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Black-and-White Fallacy, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The ancient remnants, known as “polystrate fossils,” have been found everywhere from Yellowstone National Park to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Theodore Roosevelt National Park?
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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence

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Appeal to Anger 60% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The ancient remnants, known as “polystrate fossils,” have been found everywhere from Yellowstone National Park to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results for temporary email services and does not mention the parks or fossils.

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web search NEUTRAL — Create a free disposable temporary email address in seconds - no signup required. Block spam and protect your real inbox with throwaway addresses.
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https://temp-mail.us/en/

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Claim 2: “Towering fossilized tree trunks entombed upright in layers of rock across the US are stirring up a flood of debate”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the presence of these fossils across the US or the existence of a 'flood of debate'.

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Claim 3: “late British geologist Derek Ager famously argued that the idea of a 33-foot tree remaining upright for hundreds of thousands of years while sediment slowly accumulated around it was “ridiculous.””

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While Derek Ager is identified as a geologist in the evidence, the specific quote regarding the 'ridiculous' nature of a 33-foot tree remaining upright is not explicitly present in the provided snippets, though his work on stratigraphy is mentioned.

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web search NEUTRAL — Whilst remaining, I hope, broad-minded I must express strong doubts about the desirability of including discussions of some aspects of the “Lunatic fringe”.Comparison with Velikovsky. C.J. Ransom argu…
https://www.velikovsky.info/derek-ager/

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web search NEUTRAL — By Derek Ager. 1 February 1992. Prehistoric men are commonly referred to in the popular press, in literature and in films as ‘cave men’.I know that archaeologists have argued for years about the funct…
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13318065-400-forum-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — British geologist Derek Ager in his book The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record4 marvelled at the way sedimentary rock layers persisted for thousands of kilometres across continents. Like a blanket,…
https://creation.com/en/articles/continent-wide-sedimentary-…

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Claim 4: “vegetation inside the formation yellows earlier in the season”

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Claim 5: “Noah’s Ark Scans said in April 2025 that their team may be closing in on one of the Bible’s most enduring mysteries: the final resting place of Noah’s Ark.”

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Multiple web results mention 'Noah's Ark Scans' and their claims regarding the discovery of the ark, specifically referencing the Durupinar formation.

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web search NEUTRAL — Noah's ark Patriarch tour group from the United States. Come see where civilization started and the lands of the patriarchs. Noah, Job, Abraham, and Jacob.
https://noahsarkscans.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Noah's Ark found? Researchers announce new evidence. View 3 Images. The Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation in Turkey (Image: NoahsArkScans.com / SWNS).
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/archaeologists-find…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Bible recounts Noah's Ark resting on the 'mountains of Ararat' after a 150-day flood submerged the Earth, sparing only those aboard the wooden vessel.
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-14797995/disco…

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Claim 6: “the trunks pierce vertically through multiple layers of sedimentary rock”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia defines a polystrate fossil as a fossil of a single organism (such as a tree trunk) that extends through more than one geological stratum.

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Claim 7: “Polystrate fossils are found literally all over the world.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources (Wikipedia, Andrew MacRae, Creation Today) confirm the existence and occurrence of polystrate fossils, with Wikipedia noting the term is used in creationist publications to describe fossils intersecting several beds.

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web search NEUTRAL — A polystrate fossil is a fossil of a single organism (such as a tree trunk) that extends through more than one geological stratum.[1] The word polystrate is not a standard geological term. This term i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystrate_fossil

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web search NEUTRAL — "Polystrate" Tree Fossils Copyright © 1994-1997 by Andrew MacRae. S ome creationist presentations include claims about "polystrate fossils". From the description, this term is used for fossils which i…
https://talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Polystrate fossils are found extending through multiple layers of sediment. Many trees have been found fossilized in a vertical position through layers of coal, sandstone, and other sediments.
https://creationtoday.org/polystrate-fossils/

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Claim 8: “Soil samples reportedly showed differences in pH, organic matter and potassium levels compared to surrounding ground”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided regarding soil samples, pH levels, or potassium levels for the Durupinar site.

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Claim 9: “Mount St. Helens offered a front-row seat to rapid fossil-style burial in 1980 when volcanic chaos quickly trapped thousands of trees upright in sediment”

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The provided evidence only confirms that 1980 was a year and lists general historical events, but does not mention Mount St. Helens or the trapping of trees in sediment.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th y…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980

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web search NEUTRAL — What happened and who was famous in 1980? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1980.
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1980

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web search NEUTRAL — The 1980s have been called “the decade of decadence,” and one of the era’s most notable movie characters, Wall Street ’s Gordon Gekko, famously declared that “greed is…good.” But the decade was about …
https://www.britannica.com/story/timeline-of-the-1980s

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Claim 10: “Juby cited Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia, Canada, where fossilized trees with broken roots and inverted trunks are found tangled in layered sediment”

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Multiple sources confirm that Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia contain fossilized trees in standing positions within layered sediment.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nova Scotia’s Joggins Fossil Cliffs preserves a paleontologist’s dream: multiple layers of ancient forest with trees still in their standing positions and undisturbed animal tracks. . . .
https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/calvin-smith/2025/02/24/t…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the cliffs, the remains of numerous fossil forests can be found and ancient in-filled river channels can be seen both in the cliffs and on the foreshore.The "Fossil Cliffs" at Joggins, Nova Scotia:…
https://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/fossil-cliffs-joggins

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web search NEUTRAL — Nova Scotia’s Joggins Cliffs aren’t just another pretty face on Canada’s coast—they are a breathtaking portal into Earth’s deep history, a place that whispers secrets of lost forests and the creatures…
https://discoverwildscience.com/nova-scotias-joggins-cliffs-…

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Claim 11: “Turkey’s Durupinar site — a 538-foot boat-shaped formation near Mount Ararat”

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The evidence mentions the 'Durupinar Formation' as a 'large, boat-shaped geological formation in Turkey' associated with Noah's Ark claims.

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