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1945 Posts

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	Ocean / Sea	432
	Land	354
	Death / Die-off / Decline	342
	Food Security	328
	Extreme Temperature	267
	Fish	267
	Weather	258
	Human Health	254
	Safety	253
	Ice / Snow Change	241
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	241
	Land Mammals	239
	Economic Impact	224
	Marine Mammals	190
	Buildings	187
	Cultural Impact	186
	Transportation	172
	Unusual Range / Sighting	154
	Birds	150
	Invertebrates	147
	Plants / Kelp	142
	Fisheries	133
	Permafrost Change	118
	Harvest Change	116
	Pollution	108
	Extreme Precipitation	107
	Sports / Recreation	104
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	102
	Energy	98
	Water Security	89
	Fire	88
	Erosion	83
	Unusual Size / Abundance	81
	Flooding / Draining	81
	Pathogen	77
	Air	75
	Seasonal Timing	74
	Insects	63
	Drought	62
	Microbes	60
	Algal Bloom	58
	Sanitation	53
	Landslide / Avalanche	52
	Air Quality	51
	One Health	50
	Zoonotic Flu	47
	Agriculture	41
	Unusual Animal Behavior	41
	Groundwater	41
	Parasite	41
	Water Management	39
	Livestock	38
	Communication	37
	Conflict	35
	Displacement	34
	Arachnids	32
	Extreme Wind	32
	Infestation	31
	Pets	30
	Debris / Trash	28
	TOURISM	27
	Aquaculture	24
	Sea/Land Level Change	21
	Physical or Chemical Change	20
	Glacier Change	20
	Atmosphere	19
	Forestry	19
	Reptiles	18
	Rain on Snow	18
	Storm Surge	18
	Amphibians	17
	Resilience	15
	Acute Illness	14
	Earthquake	13
	Rabies	13
	Fungi	11
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	11
	Eruption	11
	Burial Site	10
	Mental Health	10
	Cyclone / Hurricane	8
	Other	7
	Thunderstorm	7
	Tsunami	7
	Chronic Wasting Disease	6
	Chronic Illness	5
	Distemper	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
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	1

	United States	664
	Canada	150
	Russia	54
	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
	Uzbekistan	1
	Vietnam	1

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