Some readers may be unaware of our sister publication, Science News for Kids, a weekly online magazine for middle-school readers. This morning, we learned that one of the site’s feature stories — Where Rivers Run Uphill — won this year’s top science journalism award for reporting news for children.

The world-renowned ice caps could disappear by 2022, new research suggests. (p. 11)

A NASA model incorporates how atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gases interact, yielding better estimates of the gases' warming and cooling effects. (p. 5)

Minerals still accumulate in New Mexico’s Snowy River.

A modern survey of terrain determines flow rate of the 1889 flood that was one of America's deadliest disasters. (p. 10)

Cyclones striking the Gulf Coast in recent years have spawned more twisters that those that hit the region in the mid-20th century. (p. 11)

New glacier model helps explain how ice masses can grow even in a generally warming climate.

Quake data analyses yield an improved model of Southern California’s crust.

Sonar survey spots previously unknown plume in the depths off California.

Satellite data reveals that increased irrigation pressure is rapidly depleting groundwater in northern India. (p. 5)

Airborne sensors can identify mineral outcrops and soil that may contain natural asbestos. (p. 14)