Glossary

The southern hemisphere is the part of the earth located south of the equator.

Succulents are plants with a high-water storage capacity. Because of this trait, the plants are well adapted to drier climates. One of the best-known succulents are cacti.

Synthetic fertilisers or mineral fertilisers are inorganic plant fertilisers that can be used in conventional agriculture. The most common ingredients are nitrogen and phosphate compounds.

In the thermohaline circulation, four of the five oceans are connected by ocean currents. The circulation is caused by differences in temperature and salt.

The stem of a plant not only grows in length, but also in girth. This increases the stability of the plant on the one hand and improves the transport capacity on the other.

Boards planed on the front, levelled on the back and edged on the sides, which have tongue and groove joints.

The top 20 to 30 centimetres of soil form the topsoil.

In botany, transpiration describes the evaporation of water through the leaves of plants.

The troposphere is the layer of the earth’s atmosphere closest to the ground. Most of the weather occurs in this layer.

Upcycling is a form of recycling in which waste and seemingly useless materials are creatively transformed into something new.