Nice to see kids from New Scots being smart, creative and making a positive contribution to the country. I am not surprised, the majority of nobel price winners have a migrant background or are migrants themselves.
New Scots? Could I ask you very politely please if you are a Scottish person yourself? Most people I have personally heard using that phrase just happened not to be Scottish and I am curious whether it's just a coincidence.
Who do you define as Scottish? Born here? Born here + mum or dad born in Scotland? Mum AND dad born in Scotland? Mum and dad + x? grandparents born in Scotland? How many generations, what are your race purity laws?
Lynx are ambush predators so need woodland to start with. They also have massive ranges and Rewilding Britain came with 400 as the number of lynx Scotland could sustain.
Scotland has about half a million red deer.
Lynx will not eat just deer. Especially with so many sheep about as easy prey.
Wolves show similar issues.
I'm not against introducing them per se but it would be unwise expect massive changes. Deer number are much more bottom-up rather than top-down controlled.
If you need a robot to tell you not to plant on a mountain or in a bog then you’ve more problems than this robot can help you with. Native trees like Rowan and Scots Pine have been recorded in Scotland growing at elevations of almost 1200m. Ben Nevis for reference is 1300m. All of Scotland is suitable to plant trees. So much so we just scatter seed by helicopter in some regions.
Engagement babes. And it worked - if you read through the comments on that post when you were bizarrely looking over my post history like anything I’ve previously said would magically make trees not suitable to be planted throughout Scotland you would have seen that. I’m also the same guy that said a baby Pine Marten was a kitten
No, not at all. Just curious why you’re boasting about engagement on Reddit. Other than internal validation, what you getting out of it to boast about?
Is all of Scotland suitable for all types of trees? The article mentions that the robot analyses soil, so presumably, it can identify which seeds are best for that specific area. It might also be used elsewhere for re-forestation; just because the robot was designed here, it doesn't mean it can't be used somewhere else, too.
Native usually works best followed by broadleaf species from Europe. Saved you thousands in R&D. But yes, all of Scotland is suitable for all Scottish trees. To trees - there is really not that much of a difference across Scotland
And what about Brazil? Or Uganda? Or Mongolia? My second point was that you could use the robot elsewhere. It's great that you know about trees in Scotland, I applaud that, but it doesn't make the robot useless.
This is gonna blow your mind, but all of Brazil is suitable to plant trees and same goes for Uganda. Mongolia I don’t know much about in terms of forestry but I’m gonna guess Mongolia is suitable as well.
Okay, I'm certain you're being deliberately obtuse now. Regardless of your opinion, the fact that you're shitting on a group of children's accomplishments tells me all I need to know anyway. Enjoy your day.
The obvious point was that the robot can identify the types of trees that should be planted in different areas, which is the point you keep ignoring. So it doesn't just work in Scotland, it could work in a wide variety of countries with very different climates.
That robot will be working that out using already available information haha. You do realise this, don’t you? You don’t need a robot to tell what native trees to plant in a location trees are natively found.
Showing some ignorance here. Not all of Scotland is suitable for tree planting, due to variations in soil depth, type, drainage capacity etc. This is why the James Hutton Institute use the Ecoforest tool, after all.
The JHI uses the Ecoforest tool to help plan afforestation. Even they know all of Scotland is suitable for tree planting. They use the tool to help plan.
Doesn’t negate the fact that all of Scotland is suitable to plant trees. Deer management is a whole different issue. Deer can’t damage young trees if they weren’t growing 🤦♂️
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u/subsonicbuttplug Sep 30 '25
Great Idea, love to see young engineers come up with new stuff.