While supporters claim more vigorous growth and pest resistance, critics point to a lack of a scientific explanation for that improvement. (sciencemag.org)
More carbon dioxide should mean more vigorous growth, so more tree growth should start to reduce the atmospheric carbon levels. (climatenewsnetwork.net)
The external expansion of Christianity in the period from the middle of the tenth century to the middle of the thirteenth century was matched by a period of vigorous growth in church life, followed by a period of stagnation or decline. (religion-online.org)