Dear Colleagues,

Climate is a key factor in the pedogenesis as pointed out early by the classical works of V.V. Dokuchaev and H. Jenny. Soils and climate interact in complex ways through changes in multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different scales. For example, the climate influences land uses and regulates the crop production and at the same time controls the direction and kinetics of physical and chemical weathering forcing the type of the prevailing soil processes. Soils present functions that can act as critical factors in regulation of climate. Increase of soil carbon sequestration, formation of soil minerals with the ability of CO₂ absorption, sustainable soil management focusing on ‘’producing more from less’’ are important countermeasures against climate changes.

In our days, the global climate change is posing serious challenges to human societies. In this context, insights into the interaction between climate and soil systems is critical to evaluate the dynamics of land degradation and to assess the potential strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This SI assesses climate changes impact on soils and land management, the crop production contributions to these changes, as well as land-based adaptation and mitigation response options to combat the projected climate changes.

This special issue is focused on the understanding the interrelationships between climate and soils to assessing land-use potential under the prism of climate changes events. More specifically, the topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Studies that integrate climatic parameters with soil processes
• Advances in the understanding of the interactions between land uses and the climate changes
• Strategies to reduce accelerated soil erosion due to climate changes
• Climate impact on soil processes and functions that interplay a critical role on crop production
• New findings on the impact of climate change in terms of raising temperature and changing precipitation pattern on the soil formation
• Insight into soil carbon sequestration under the impact of climate changes

Dr. Dionisios Gasparatos
Dr. Ioannis Charalampopoulos
Guest Editors

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• soil functions 
• climate changes 
• soil carbon sequestration 
• land degradation 
• soil erosion 
• crop production 
• temperature and precipitation