All this helps in an age when record labels no longer hand out large advances and album sales are in drastic decline.

Scientists have used soap bubbles to pollinate fruit trees and mitigate the threat to agriculture caused by the drastic decline in bee populations.

Yet the game also grows increasingly twitchy about drastic decline among new players.

A drastic decline may be averted by the unexpected early opening of the property market tomorrow.

According to the report, human activities including urban development, energy and transportation are responsible for the drastic decline in natural expanses.