Scientific evidence consistently supports the principle that the net amount of carbon dioxide sequestered by trees is directly related to the mass of new woody growth and biomass accumulation.
The claim is specific and falsifiable, dealing with the fundamental botanical relationship between tree growth and carbon sequestration. Multiple papers demonstrate that biomass increment and growth parameters (such as DBH and wood volume) are directly used to calculate and correlate with carbon uptake and storage. Therefore, the evidence strongly supports the claim, yielding a verdict of SUPPORTED.