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[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That GFC study contradicts the many studies using both older datasets and newer datasets:

CAS: https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/mutimedia_news/202203/t20220322_302792.shtml

UNESCO: http://www.unesco-hist.org/index.php?r=en/article/info&id=1714

Journal of Geophysical Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JG007101

Remote Sensing: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/13/2592

International Journal of Remote Sensing: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2021.2022804

International Journal of Digital Earth: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2023.2190625

In science, we call this "cherrypicking data." Colloquially, we understand this to be because someone fucked their experimental validation. In the real world, we call this "disseminating misinformation."

global-scale data cannot reasonably represent changes in the regional land cover. Moreover, different studies may have different accuracies within the same region and even may reach opposite conclusions

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[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

ngl, vietnam is looking pretty impressive too

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Cuba is at 57.5%, also one of the highest in the world percentage-wise

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[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

but at what cost? 😭

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Xi is genociding the deserts.

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[–] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago (46 children)

This article is nearly two years old. Also, I implicitly distrust any source which depicts Taiwan as part of the PRC.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Every single country on Earth except like seven (I only remember the Vatican and Paraguay) acknowledges that Taiwan is a dependent province of the PRC, including the USA and just about all of Europe.

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[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The unofficial consensus between the KMT/PRC was that Taiwan and China are one country. The NED-funded DPP has been trying to break that status quo, though.

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The Taiwan Province is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China:

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[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago* (29 children)

Daily reminder:

And this is recognized by the United Nations ever since 1971 after UNGAR 2758.

Source, page 546: https://web.archive.org/web/20230503050030/https://legal.un.org/unjuridicalyearbook/pdfs/english/volumes/2010.pdf

Video of the votes happening: https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=sfOIEjuXFyU

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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Also, I implicitly distrust any source which depicts Taiwan as part of the PRC.

What did the RoC Marine Corps do to you?

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[–] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

that's a healthy way to distrust the US and chinese governments i guess

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

some-controversy

[–] GorbinOutOverHere@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

some-controversy

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I wonder what's going on with the DPRK