Soil on a warmer earth : developments in soil science / H. W. Scharpenseel, m. Schomaker and A. Ayoub.

Overview of the greenhouse effect ,global change syndrome ,general outlook -- Inputs to climate change by soil and agriculture related activities , present status and possible future trends -- Processes that affect soil morphology -- Influence of climate change on soil moisture regime, texture , structure and erosion -- Resilience against climate change? Soil minerals, transformations and surface properties Eh, pH -- Impact of climate change on soil attributes , influence on salinization and alkalinization -- Soil organic matter and biology in relation to climate change -- Influence of climate change on development of problem soils especially in the alluvial domains : Addendum : Methane formation in waterlogged paddy soils and its controlling factors : potential influence of climate change on soil organic matter and tropical agroforestry -- The use of models of soil pedogenic processes in understanding changing land use and climatic conditions : Addendum : Modelling nitrous oxide production by denitrification -- Impact of anthropogenic atmospheric pollution on soils , with special relevance to tropical and sub-tropical soils, and possible consequences of the greenhouse effect -- Changes in soil resources in response to a gradually rising sea-level -- Soils on a warmer earth : tropical and subtropical regions -- Soils on a warmer earth : subtropical and mediterranean regions -- Impact of climate warning on arid region soils -- Soils of the sub boreal region on a warmer earth -- Climate reduced changes of the boreal and subpolar earth -- Approaches to mitigate tropical deforestation by sustainable soil management practices -- Managing global change by curtailing emissions sources and creating new sinks -- Implications of the greenhouse effect for african agriculture -- The agricultural environment of Latin America and the caribbean and the greenhouse effect -- The asian agricultural environment and the greenhouse effect.

Includes bibliographical reference.