Introduction chapter -- Antibiotics as emerging pollutants of soil ecosystems -- Rare Earths in Soils -- Impact of agricultural wastes on environment and possible management strategies -- Organic carbon management and the relations with climate change -- Agricultural soil management impacts on soil microbial communities -- Antibiotics, other emerging pollutants, and pathogenic microorganisms in raw and treated sewage sludge reaching soils -- Remediation of PTEs contaminated soils by washing treatment with biodegradable reagents -- Natural barriers to antibiotic entry into the trophic chain: some examples of the role of soils and by-products -- Salt-Affected Soils -- Beyond the obvious: exploring peat vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR) data using principal component analysis on transposed data matrix (tPCA), Store Mosse bog (Sweden) -- Application of biochar in agricultural soil green remediation and sustainable development -- Frontier Studies in Soil Science: A Conclusions Chapter.

This is the first book where top researchers focus on presenting new research proposals in soil science. All the authors contributing to the book have a solid background and experience in specific fields of soil science, allowing them to propose the critical lines of future development in their respective and particular paths of cut-edge investigation. The primary audiences for the work are scientists/researchers working in these fields, as well as students interested in the views from top scientists on recent and future trends in the area, and all those in the overall society desiring to be aware of possible pathways for the future of soil science.