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Topic Timeline (Yearly)

	Ocean / Sea	440
	Land	360
	Death / Die-off / Decline	347
	Food Security	331
	Extreme Temperature	272
	Fish	272
	Weather	269
	Safety	265
	Human Health	259
	Ice / Snow Change	247
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	247
	Land Mammals	243
	Economic Impact	230
	Marine Mammals	195
	Cultural Impact	191
	Buildings	190
	Transportation	186
	Unusual Range / Sighting	158
	Birds	153
	Invertebrates	149
	Plants / Kelp	144
	Fisheries	137
	Permafrost Change	119
	Harvest Change	116
	Pollution	109
	Extreme Precipitation	108
	Sports / Recreation	104
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	102
	Energy	99
	Water Security	89
	Fire	89
	Flooding / Draining	88
	Erosion	86
	Unusual Size / Abundance	85
	Pathogen	80
	Air	78
	Seasonal Timing	76
	Insects	64
	Drought	62
	Microbes	60
	Algal Bloom	58
	Air Quality	53
	Landslide / Avalanche	53
	One Health	53
	Sanitation	53
	Zoonotic Flu	49
	Water Management	42
	Agriculture	41
	Unusual Animal Behavior	41
	Groundwater	41
	Parasite	41
	Extreme Wind	40
	Livestock	39
	Communication	37
	Displacement	37
	Conflict	36
	Arachnids	32
	Infestation	32
	Pets	31
	Debris / Trash	28
	TOURISM	28
	Aquaculture	24
	Atmosphere	21
	Physical or Chemical Change	21
	Sea/Land Level Change	21
	Storm Surge	21
	Glacier Change	20
	Forestry	19
	Reptiles	18
	Rain on Snow	18
	Amphibians	17
	Acute Illness	15
	Resilience	15
	Earthquake	13
	Rabies	13
	Fungi	11
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	11
	Eruption	11
	Burial Site	10
	Mental Health	10
	Cyclone / Hurricane	9
	Other	7
	Thunderstorm	7
	Tsunami	7
	Chronic Wasting Disease	6
	Distemper	6
	Chronic Illness	5
	Sinkhole / Crater	5
	Tularemia	5
	Coronavirus / COVID	3
	Injury	3
	Relocation	3
	Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning	2
	Anisakiasis / Anisakid	2
	Botulism	2
	Q-Fever	2
	Boreal Pox	1
	Brucellosis	1
	Radiation	1
	Toxoplasmosis	1
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	1

	United States	685
	Canada	153
	Russia	55
	Norway	38
	Iceland	24
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	12
	Finland	11
	Sweden	11
	Greenland	10
	United Kingdom	7
	China	4
	Japan	4
	Mexico	4
	Australia	3
	Greece	3
	Mongolia	3
	Switzerland	3
	Antarctica	2
	Brazil	2
	Czech Republic	2
	Denmark	2
	France	2
	Ireland	2
	Nigeria	2
	Spain	2
	Ukraine	2
	Afghanistan	1
	Cambodia	1
	Cape Verde	1
	Cocos Islands	1
	Ecuador	1
	Estonia	1
	French Polynesia	1
	Guatemala	1
	Honduras	1
	India	1
	Italy	1
	Nepal	1
	Pakistan	1
	Poland	1
	Puerto Rico	1
	Romania	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
	Solomon Islands	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1
	Uzbekistan	1
	Vietnam	1

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