So from the Gobi Desert in Asia to the Badlands of Dakota you find many dinosaurs fossils embedded in dirt where they were climbing the hills to avoid the flooding and were caught in mudslides. The Mabul snow covered Wooly Mammoths in the north. Most living things and shallow graves were swept out to sea. Colonies of sea life became stranded in receding waters isolated from the oceans as mountain ranges formed. The oldest living coral reefs and forests post date the Mabul, their earlier nature and locations provide a clue as to the prior atmosphere and shape of the Earth.
Careful trees can add more than a ring a year.
No one or thing is independent of the Creator. The expulsion from Gan Eden, dispersion from Babel, demonstrate that even the most concerted efforts and best technology can't withstand the will of Hashem. Canaan, Sodom, Pharos, Amalek, Pompeii, National Socialism, USSR, Titanic, Hindenbeg, Challenger, Aids, etc. The UN is making a big mistake by pressuring Israel. Through the Jewish People the nations of the world are blessed.