← on nowLGR-067 · v0.1.0 · model · estimate humpback whales: the year you were born, and now
humpback whales · Megaptera novaeangliae
born 1950 32 878 → 84 000 individuals hunted to a few thousand by 1966. now over eighty thousand.
method IUCN/IWC population estimates by decade, interpolated.
born 1970 7 500 → 84 000 individuals there are about 76 500 more than when you were born.
commercial whaling stopped in 1966 for humpbacks, 1986 for nearly everything.
born 1990 20 000 → 84 000 individuals there are about 64 000 more than when you were born.
commercial whaling stopped in 1966 for humpbacks, 1986 for nearly everything.
born 2010 60 000 → 84 000 individuals there are about 24 000 more than when you were born.
commercial whaling stopped in 1966 for humpbacks, 1986 for nearly everything.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=humpback%20whales" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · humpback whales"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- IUCN/IWC population estimates by decade, interpolated.
- range
- ±25% on any decade
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- decade anchors, interpolated. wants a proper series.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-067 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0