Sentences with phrase «caused precipitous»

There have been at least two significant economic downturns that caused precipitous drops in all of the major market indexes.

The study revealed that in plots where A. septentrionalis naturally occurs, warming caused precipitous declines in the abundance of both its seedlings and established plants at reproductive ages, driving population sizes close to zero.

That incident caused a precipitous decline in the relations between the two countries, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling reporters that the incident seemed like a «planned provocation.»

The insulin release causes a precipitous drop in blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and this can be life threatening.

(NEVER use human toothpaste, though; it could contain xylitol, a substance that causes a precipitous drop in blood sugar, leading to hypoglycemia and possibly death in dogs.

The perfect storm of bad publicity helped cause a precipitous drop in Bitcoin value.

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The loss of the wild boar, the white antelope, and the leopard in the last 150 years caused the most precipitous drop in stability yet.

«If you take precipitous action, then you're likely to cause more problems than you're going to solve.»

Following the distribution, a number of smaller, illiquid securities observed enormous selloffs — causing a massive imbalance in supply and demand, and resulting in a precipitous decline in the market value of certain companies.

This means that your dog's body burns through the energy contained in the grain very quickly, which causes a quick spike and then a precipitous fall of your dog's blood sugar levels.

If one frames the question differently, and asks whether there is any known physical climate mechanism that might have caused such a precipitous global decline over the last century, the answer would be definitively «No».

In summary, precipitous decline in the growth rate of GHG forcing about 25 years ago caused a decrease in the rate of growth of the total climate forcing and thus a flattening of the planetary energy imbalance over the past two decades.

«It would be highly precipitous... for the United Nations or other international bodies to single out biofuels as the major cause for escalating food prices and take actions that might lead to even higher food prices,» the industry group argued.

Some experts say the recent precipitous drop in new - and existing - home sales was caused by something more unstable than this winter weather.