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In contrast to carbon-capture tree plantations, which predominantly store carbon above ground, these below-ground carbon sinks -- which would be lost if afforested -- are less susceptible to disturbances such as drought and fire.

Looking at 11,000 soil samples taken from afforested plots, the scientists found that in carbon poor soils, adding new trees did increase the density of organic carbon.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

The portion of the county west of Southampton Water is almost wholly included in the New Forest, a sequestered district, one of the few remaining examples of an ancient afforested tract.

Meanwhile every effort is made to encourage the afforesting of the rugged hill-sides, in order to check the violence of the floods and the denuding of the arid, desiccated soil.