Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1 Dawning—An Invisible Crisis 4
6. 2 Earth’s Dark Matter 10
7. 3 Earth Works 24
8. 4 Chaos to Orders: A Short Interlude 42
9. 5 Wind, Water, and Plows 59
10. 6 Rocky Planet 89
11. 7 The Climate-Soil Duet 113
12. 8 Soil Stewards 132
13. 9 Soil Heroes 153
14. 10 A World With Soil 177
15. Acknowledgments 197
16. Abbreviations 201
17. Notes 203
18. Selected Bibliography 237
19. Index 251