Environmental Studies

Analyzing the Impact of Household Wastewater Pollution on Wetland Biodiversity and the Ghost Orchid as a Sentinel Species

Hope Sardella Rogers State University SOC 3553 Environmental Sustainability December 8, 2025 The ghost orchid blooms in a misty Louisiana‑style swamp as its elusive hawkmoth

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability

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The Evolution of Polar Bears

By Hope-Elena Sardella, March 20th, 2019 When some think of a polar bear, one may imagine the smiling white bear holding a glass bottle of

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Is climate change real and human caused? Lets look at Premises and Evaluation of both arguments

By Hope Elena Sardella, June 11 2018 Since the early 20th century, we have seen temperatures on Earth increase approximately 1.8°F. Additionally, over this same

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Invasive Species, Prescribed Burns, & Oklahoma

By Hope Elena Sardella, 2019 The vast plains have evolved due in large because of fire, but most importantly the ecology of the plains cannot

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Pollinating Insects & the variation species attraction

By Hope Elena Sardella, April 2, 2019   In this weeks discussion, I explore the world of bees and other pollinating insects and their connection with

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Mist Netting Kentucky’s Songbirds🐦

 In this weeks discussion I reviewed the video “Mist Netting Kentucky’s Songbirds”, which gives the audience a first-hand experience through an educational documentary into the

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Increasing Global Temperatures & Rapid Growth Rates

By Hope Elena Sardella , March, 18, 2019 The response to the increasing global temperatures across many diverse regions in the United States is currently

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Mangrove Forest Ecosystems and Community Structure

Photo by icon0.com on Pexels.com   Photo by Daniel Watson on Pexels.com It was only through doing an in-depth research project on Mangroves that I

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Categorical Exclusion & Medical Marijuana

By Hope-Elena Sardella, 2019 One of the initial starting points of the three thresholds pertains to more lesser environmentally impactful construction, or activity of some

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