A book about global warming has won this year's Royal Society prize for popular science writing.Mark Lynas' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet has already been turned into a TV programme and is now almost certain to experience a jump in sales.
The book explains how Earth will change for every degree rise in temperature - from droughts to mass extinctions.
Mr Lynas was presented with the winner's �10,000 cheque at a ceremony hosted by the UK academy of science.
The award is one of the major publishing events of the year in the UK. Previous winners have included Bill Bryson, Stephen J Gould, Roger Penrose, and Stephen Hawking.
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