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Cover: This image is showing the impact of sea-level rise on low-lying upland soils in the lower eastern portion of the Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester County, Maryland. The global-warming induced salinization process results in osmotic effects that eventually kill Loblolly pine and pave the way to the salt-tolerant marsh plants to colonize the submerging landscapes. This drastic change in the vegetative cover (deforestation) initiates a new cycle of soil development leading to the transformation of coastal Ultisols to submerged upland tidal marsh soils (Histosols). See p. 185–196, "Modeling of Sea-Level Rise and Deforestation in Submerging Coastal Ultisols of Chesapeake Bay" by A. H. Hussein