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Topic Timeline (Yearly)

	Human Health	282
	Land	76
	Weather	66
	Safety	64
	Ocean / Sea	58
	Buildings	57
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	52
	Extreme Temperature	50
	Food Security	50
	Land Mammals	44
	Pollution	41
	Transportation	40
	Air	39
	Economic Impact	37
	Ice / Snow Change	37
	Cultural Impact	34
	Fish	34
	Sports / Recreation	34
	Air Quality	32
	Birds	32
	Pathogen	32
	Marine Mammals	30
	Death / Die-off / Decline	28
	Sanitation	28
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	27
	Water Security	26
	Microbes	25
	One Health	25
	Plants / Kelp	25
	Seasonal Timing	22
	Fire	22
	Invertebrates	19
	Livestock	19
	Energy	18
	Extreme Precipitation	18
	Harvest Change	18
	Insects	17
	Zoonotic Flu	17
	Flooding / Draining	16
	Groundwater	16
	Landslide / Avalanche	15
	Unusual Range / Sighting	15
	Agriculture	14
	Displacement	14
	Fisheries	14
	Arachnids	13
	Unusual Animal Behavior	13
	Erosion	12
	Acute Illness	11
	Algal Bloom	11
	Atmosphere	11
	Extreme Wind	11
	Permafrost Change	11
	Water Management	11
	Communication	10
	Drought	10
	Pets	9
	Reptiles	8
	Amphibians	7
	Forestry	7
	Storm Surge	7
	Unusual Size / Abundance	6
	Physical or Chemical Change	6
	Fungi	6
	Mental Health	6
	Parasite	6
	Aquaculture	5
	Debris / Trash	5
	Earthquake	5
	Chronic Illness	4
	Conflict	4
	Rabies	4
	Sea/Land Level Change	4
	Cyclone / Hurricane	4
	TOURISM	4
	Burial Site	3
	Coronavirus / COVID	3
	Infestation	3
	Injury	3
	Botulism	2
	Chronic Wasting Disease	2
	Glacier Change	2
	Q-Fever	2
	Relocation	2
	Rain on Snow	2
	Tsunami	2
	Brucellosis	1
	DIPHTHERIA	1
	Distemper	1
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	1
	Sinkhole / Crater	1
	Thunderstorm	1
	Tularemia	1
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	1
	Eruption	1

	United States	108
	Canada	17
	Norway	11
	Russia	7
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	3
	China	2
	Greenland	2
	India	2
	Sweden	2
	Afghanistan	1
	Brazil	1
	Cambodia	1
	Denmark	1
	Estonia	1
	France	1
	French Polynesia	1
	Guatemala	1
	Mexico	1
	Romania	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1
	Vietnam	1

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