PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil temperature rise inhibitor and a method of inhibiting a rise in soil temperature which enable inhibiting a sharp rise in the pH of soil and safely and economically inhibiting a rise in the temperature of a soil surface.SOLUTION: A soil temperature rise inhibitor in a powder form to be sprinkled over a soil surface in order to inhibit the temperature rise of the soil surface includes 95-60 mass% of white inorganic powder and 5-40 mass% of adhesive paste.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】土壌のpHの急激な上昇を抑え、安全で経済的に土壌表層の温度上昇を抑制することができる地温上昇抑制剤及び地温上昇抑制方法を得る。【解決手段】土壌表層の温度上昇を抑制するため土壌表層に散布される粉末状の地温上昇抑制剤であって、白色無機粉末を95~60質量%、糊材を5~40質量%含むことを特徴としている。【選択図】なし