Kunzig's writings led him to win a prize in scientific journalism from the
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received the
American Geophysical Union's "
Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism" in 1994. His book,
Mapping the Deep, a narrative of the story of ocean science, won the 2001
Aventis Science Book of the Year award. He has co-written an account of climate science with the geophysicist and climate scientist,
Wallace Broecker. This includes a discussion of the work of
Klaus Lackner in re-capturing from the atmosphere—which Kunzig and Broecker consider will play a vital role in reducing emissions and countering
global warming. Most recently, he has also written on the size and impact of the human population on the planet. ==Books==