Jim Snook

Jim Snook received a BS in geology in 1958 and did graduate work at Wichita State University. His 30 years in the oil industry included production and exploration geology throughout the western United States and western Canada. He was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists from 1964 to 1992. In the course of his work, at high altitudes, along the tree lines in Alaska, and in the drilling and production of deep natural gas wells with high carbon dioxide content, Snook studied the effects of carbon dioxide and other atmospheric conditions on plant growth, and observed the workings of glaciers. Snook has studied science for over 50 years, both ideas currently in vogue and many viable ideas long forgotten. With retirement, his research has led to the writing of Ice Age Extinction: Cause and Human Consequences.