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Increased flood strikes in more places, combined with outdated ways of predicting flood risk, are putting property owners at risk and the program itself in\u0026nbsp;over $20 billion of debt.Arizona State University researcher Upmanu Lall was\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-26T16:31:11-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/26\/2026-4:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU research finds that increased flood strikes and outdated flood prediction led to meager payouts for homeowners and massive debt for the National Flood Insurance Program \u2014 but there is a way out.","teaser":"The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program is going broke.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/shutterstock_2639971109.jpg?itok=bv6yKmlq","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260226-environment-and-sustainability-flood-patterns-have-changed-insurance-needs-keep","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mikala Kass","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5616","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/shutterstock_2639971109.jpg?itok=bv6yKmlq","image_alt":"Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with flooded streets.","image_caption":"Researchers\u2019 recommendations aim to keep the National Flood Insurance Program solvent, get flood damage victims meaningful financial assistance and improve flood safety. 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Noor Alzuhairi is in the first cohort of the Indigenous placekeeping and design\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-17T10:58:47-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/17\/2026-10:58am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU\u2019s new Indigenous placekeeping master\u2019s degree program focuses on using traditional knowledge from Indigenous cultures around the world \u2014 methodologies, worldviews and systems \u2014 as a way to approach design issues.","teaser":"Imagine a Tempe Town Lake free of concrete, its banks lush with native creosote and wildflowers, with winding dirt paths.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20260129%20Indigenous%20Design%20Thinking%20004.jpg?itok=SPLfBNDr","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260217-arts-humanities-and-education-new-architecture-program-teaches-students-how-design","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20260129%20Indigenous%20Design%20Thinking%20004.jpg?itok=SPLfBNDr","image_alt":"People standing around in a gallery looking at poster presentations of architecture designs","image_caption":"Guests look at some of the presentations at the Global to Local: Indigenous Design Thinking showcase on Jan. 29, which highlights work from the first cohort of ASU\u0026#039;s new Indigenous placekeeping and design master\u2019s degree program. 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That was the driving force behind an ASU-hosted exchange that attracted experts from industry, community organizations and academia.","teaser":"Arizona is engaged in a debate about where data centers should be built \u2014 with cities, developers and residents having varying opinions on the issue.So how do we find common ground?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/Event-DataCenter-AI-Exchange-260211-0271.jpg?itok=CDYPQwv-","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260216-environment-and-sustainability-will-rapid-data-center-growth-help-arizona-examining-pros","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joanna Allhands","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-9790","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/Event-DataCenter-AI-Exchange-260211-0271.jpg?itok=CDYPQwv-","image_alt":"data center panelists speak","image_caption":"Therese Kerfoot (center), EdgeCore executive vice president of strategy, speaks during a Feb. 11 data center development panel at the Walton Center for Planetary Health on ASU\u0026#039;s Tempe campus. Alex Dymersky (left), EdgeConneX manager of power and sustainability, and Dado Slezak, QTS Data Centers executive vice president for power and energy strategy, listen. 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Dozens of ASU researchers \u2014 whose expertise ranges from technology for older adults living alone to water insecurity solutions \u2014 will speak at the event, whose theme this year, Science @ Scale, aims to highlight the importance of research\u2019s value for the public good.","teaser":"When the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting takes place this month in Phoenix, Arizona State University will be well represented.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260206-science-and-technology-asu-researchers-aaas-annual-meeting-phoenix","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","image_alt":"Two men work on a solar panel","image_caption":"The upcoming American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting will feature ASU experts from a range of fields, including engineer Alexander Mobley (pictured), who will co-lead a workshop on microgrids. 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Two researchers are using artificial intelligence to make sense of such complexity and turn overwhelming datasets into practical\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-05T12:30:41-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/05\/2026-12:30pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Meha Jain and Mayank Kejriwal have been named the inaugural winners of the ASU\u2013Science Prize for Transformational Impact. 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The results are remarkable: fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.","teaser":"\u201cThey\u2019re very destructive when there\u0027s a lot of them, but one on one, what\u0027s not to love?\u201d Arianne Cease says.\u0026nbsp;She\u2019s talking about locusts.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260115-environment-and-sustainability-locust-swarms-destroy-crops-scientists-found-way-stop-it","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mikala Kass","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5616","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","image_alt":"Hands wearing blue gloves hold a green and brown locust.","image_caption":"PhD student Sydney Millerwise holds a migratory locust in ASU\u2019s Global Locust Initiative Lab. 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Photo by Quinton Kendall\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Global Drylands Center|Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|School of Life Sciences|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Global Locust Initiative|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Knowledge Enterprise|School of Sustainability","interests":"National security|Environment|International|Life Science|Sustainability|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 02 Zero Hunger|SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"110441","title":"Overlooked decline in grazing livestock brings risks and opportunities","body":"For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains. But a new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing \u2014\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-12T09:35:07-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2026-9:35am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing. The findings are important because the destocking of rangelands isn\u2019t just the reverse of overgrazing; it poses new ecological and land management challenges.","teaser":"For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260112-environment-and-sustainability-overlooked-decline-grazing-livestock-brings-risks-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Office of Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Rojas-Burke","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","image_alt":"A distant, small herd of cattle grazes in a lush grassland with hills rising behind them.","image_caption":"Livestock populations have declined by about 12% since 1999 in regions that held nearly half of the world\u2019s domestic grazing animals. 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He reminded his\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-07T11:57:36-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/07\/2026-11:57am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU-powered startup is solving real-world farm challenges with AI-driven tools \u2014 including autonomous weed control, cilantro harvesting and next-generation scarecrows.","teaser":"Raghu Nandivada was visiting family in rural south India in 2018 when, after a long day of work, his mother challenged him to invent a robot that removed weeds.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260107-business-and-entrepreneurship-farming-robots-tackle-labor-shortages-using-ai","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alicia Barr\u00f3n","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","image_alt":"A group of people stand next to a piece of farm equipment that has a red inflatable tube man attached to it","image_caption":"The Padma AgRobotics team (from left: Raghu Nandivada, Rajpal Singh, Vamsi Dudala, Kailash Ramahlingem and Vasuki Pulikonda) test one of their AI scarecrows at Blue Sky Organic Farms in Litchfield Park, Arizona. 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At dusk in the Arizona foothills, bobcats slip silently through dry washes and rocky crags.\u0026nbsp;These familiar animals seem worlds apart \u2014 one urban and social, the other solitary and elusive.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-06T12:10:27-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/06\/2026-12:10pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In two new studies, researchers used modern genomic tools to explore the hidden viral world in unexpected places. Together, the studies offer a snapshot of viral diversity in desert wildlife and demonstrate how scientists track viruses across hosts, environments and time.","teaser":"As the sun rises over the Sonoran Desert, bright green lovebirds gather noisily around backyard feeders. 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For example, coral reefs are being\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-19T14:39:20-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/19\/2025-2:39pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers have developed a new method that trains machine learning algorithms to predict ecosystem behavior.","teaser":"As the natural world rapidly changes, humanity relies on having reliable, accurate predictions of its behavior to minimize harmful impacts on society and the ecosystems that sustain it.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/sea-turtle-swimming-coral-seascape-Heron-Island-February-2016.jpeg?itok=qUGiOzBC","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251219-science-and-technology-using-machine-learning-predict-unpredictable","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering","contributor-contact-information-name":"TJ Triolo","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/sea-turtle-swimming-coral-seascape-Heron-Island-February-2016.jpeg?itok=qUGiOzBC","image_alt":"A sea turtle swimming above bleached coral in the ocean","image_caption":"Ecosystems of all scales are becoming more and more vulnerable to collapse \u2014 like the 84% of reefs that suffer from coral bleaching. But a new method that trains machine learning algorithms to predict ecosystem behavior could help minimize harmful impacts on society. Photo credit: XL Catlin Seaview Survey","related_story":"","news_units":"Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering","interests":"Artificial intelligence|Engineering|Environment","audiences":"Faculty|Graduate students","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"110181","title":"Reshaping worlds: ASU Online grad finds new worldview through biomimicry program","body":"Biomimicry is a practice of learning and finding guidance from nature. It proposes solutions to complex challenges that are designed to bring harmony between humans and nature.Fiona van Haeringen discovered biomimicry a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the philosophy and ideology of the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-16T10:47:00-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/16\/2025-10:47am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Fiona van Haeringen discovered biomimicry a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the philosophy and ideology of the practice. Over time, she realized biomimicry was the path for her. Now she is the fall 2025 Outstanding Graduate for the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at the\u00a0Rob Walton College of Global Futures. ","teaser":"Biomimicry is a practice of learning and finding guidance from nature. 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