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Summary of ‘Collapse’ by Jared Diamond (2005)

In the article, ‘Collapse” Diamond (2005) lists environmental problems that the humankind is presently suffering by dividing them into four categories. In the first category, he refers to the destruction or loss of natural resources due to human activities such as turning natural habitats to cities, villages, farmlands, roads and so on. Diamond (2005) then draws the readers’ attention to the reserves left for energy. His main concern at this point is that there will still be oil and coal in the future but taking these out to the surface will be much costly, time-consuming and less qualified. The third category he mentions is the harmful and toxic chemicals as well as unnatural animal species and the emission of gases into the atmosphere. Diamond underlines the threat that both humans and the earth are facing such as insecticides, pesticides and herbicides we use to get better crops and other chemicals used in the industry to make our lives easier, faster and more economical but at the same time, causing many illnesses and millions of death every year. He also highlights the harmful gases released into the atmosphere due to human activities such as carbon dioxide from the cars which causes global warming. The last but not least another significant problem is the population growth. He accepts that population is growing and we need to provide more food, energy, water and other resources for them. However, his main concern is not the population but the effect of human beings on the environment due to the uneven distribution of wealth and income. The gap between the First World countries and the Third is becoming wider and wider, which inevitably causes the poor people to be jealous and even enemy of the people from those nations. Despite all these hardships and threats the world and humanity face presently, Diamond (2005) believes that they are soluble and hopes the future will be better due to the interconnectedness through which people living in the remote corners of the world can be informed about any event happening in some other places of the planet and learn much faster than our ancestors did in the past and learn from our ancestors’ mistakes.

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In 'Collapse', Diamond (2005) mentions about environmental problems world come up against in past decades but he believes those problems can be solved from by learning from the mistakes of past. Firstly the author discusses how people are using natural habitats and resources for their own benefits carelessly like consuming fossil fuels which will drain away soon. Then Diamond talks about toxic chemicals which are dangerous for every living being (briefly explain why they are dangerious). The author believes that over population is the main cause of these problems which is threatening world because more people means consuming more resources. Despite all Diamond is optimistic about the future. He believes people can handle those problems.

Dear all,
A good summary, but you need to use reporting verbs that make the writer's attitude clear.

Thank you,
MET

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In ‘’Collapse’’, Diamond(2005) express that we have severe environmental problems and ned to figure out what we can do about them. Firstly,  writer mentions that the natural resources have been destroyed by people who want to convert the natural habitats to

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In the article ''Collapse'' Diamond(2005) mentions that the converting habitats which has impacts on the environments and people's life with hile increasing population.The authors suggestion is to people are being aware of what happened around the world and learn from the mistakes that were is made from by the past socities. The authors firstly claims that the natural habitats are being destroyed and people are deprived of the benefits of from nature. The author claims that the reserves can is last for a decades as they cost more its contain higher costs.
Dear all,
So far your summary is good, but some of the supporting ideas are missing. Please, complete it and get feedback.
Best,
MET

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In the article "Collapse" , Diamond (2005) states that there are many environmental problems in the earth, and society can deal with this  these problems (state the solution briefly). The author explains that people are destroying their habitats for new cities,villages, . Therefore, people lose their natural resources day by day. Following this, he mentions that people are consuming available natural non-renewable resources. Either they lose all of existing them or they are about lose existing resources and new reserves can require big costs for both nature and money. Then, he says that toxic chemicals which are unnatural like detergents  and plastics have big impacts on nature where people live. This situation creates a toxic cycle with affects on soil and water. Thus, go into our bodies foods and our skin absorb them. In addition, he highlights that population is growing, and more people means more food and demand for limited resources. He claims that third world people have tendency to adopt consumption habits of first world countries due to media, movies.

Dear all,
You have many important point, but you need to state the write's suggestion clear in the main argument clear and restate it in the conclusion too. Also try to prefer reporting verbs that make the writer's attitude clear.

Thank you,
MET

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In “Collapse”, Diamond (2005) argues humans are damaging environment and they face serious problems but he is hopeful about and believes that they can solve ute this problem with their experience which they learn from the mistakes of past. In the article, Diamond warns cites that societies over-consume natural habitats in order to create agricultural and living spaces. In addition, harshly  usage of natural energy resources decrease quality and quantity of them which means future generations will have dirtier and more expensive resources that will have more environmental impact. Foallowing this, author states / stresses that  , man made chemicals go into air at the same time people’s body and this situation is affecting for people’s health in a harmfully way. With the growth of population creates shortness scarcity of resources. In addition to this created uneven equlibrium

equilibrium

between different economical structures have more impact on environment.  Conclude by restating the main argument here.

Dear all,

A well-organized summary, but make sure you conclude by restating the main argument.

Best,
MET

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In the article 'Collapse', Diamond(2005) mentions environmental problems in four categories and what people can do about them. The author claims the solution is to be aware of the mistakes that happened in past and learn from them. In the first categoryie , the author demonstrates that people are destroying the natural habitats by converting them in to human-made habitats. Secondly the author states the importance of reserves . People need to be thrifty while using fossil fuels because in the future the reserves will be expensive, dirtier and hard to reach. Third one is about the toxic chemicals which threaten our health and effects causes many diseases. Fourth one and last one, he draws the attention on the growing population on earth. More people requires more resources. While this rapid consumption is happening there came off a new problem, jealousy between first world countries and third world countries for the life standards they have. Despite through all these problems, the writer believes that they are soluble problems. Since people can get lessons from the mistakes, there is hope for the future.

Dear all,
A well-organized summary.

Best,
MET