Source: Inside Climate News

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All around the world, the climate crisis has species on the move. This widespread shuffling can push animals closer to humans, with potentially disastrous consequences. Overall, a growing body of research shows that climate change is increasing global cases of human-wildlife conflict and the risk of zoonotic disease spillover. 

Today, I’m exploring a few of the recently emerging threats from increasing human interactions with wild animals—and how scientists and governments are trying to mitigate them.

A Spike in Human-Wildlife Conflict: On top of heat waves and rising sea levels, some people in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Florida may have to worry about an influx of deadly snakes in their region as climate change accelerates. 

A recent study found that warming temperatures could expand the geographic range for certain venomous snakes such as the west African gaboon viper and the European asp, primarily in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Read more: Climate Change Is Pushing Animals Closer to Humans, With Potentially Catastrophic Consequences