Sentences with phrase «observed precipitous declines»

When Pedler and his team poured over the trapping records, they observed precipitous declines in rabbit predators such as feral cats and foxes.

Not exact matches

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.

Anomalous cyclonic atmospheric circulation throughout the Arctic Basin during June has continued to precondition sea ice, making the ice cover vulnerable to a precipitous drop in sea ice extent; however the persistence of the June cyclonic circulation (and cloudiness associated with the surface lows) has induced divergence within the sea ice cover, and has delayed the onset of the rapid sea ice extent decline typically observed in June.