US EditionClimate Change to Push Venomous Snakes Toward Populated Coasts, Study Finds
Researchers modeled 508 venomous snake species and found warming could raise human-snake overlap in coastal population centers, with snakebite killing about 138,000 people yearly.
- A new study in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases models 508 venomous snake species, projecting that climate change will drive populations toward densely populated coastlines and higher latitudes by 2050 and 2090.
- Warming temperatures force snakes from arid interiors into populated areas, with increased human-snake overlap projected across South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and North America.
- Snakebites kill about 138,000 people annually, and The WHO aims to reduce this burden by 50 per cent by 2030 using the study's maps for antivenom stockpiling and health planning.
- Certain snake species in the Congo and Amazon face range loss, creating conservation concerns, while the black-necked spitting cobra and cottonmouth are predicted to increase human exposure.
- The World Meteorological Organization reports 2015–2025 was the hottest 11-year period on record, as UN Secretary General Guterres warned that human activity is "destabilising both the climate and global security.
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Australia's deadliest snakes being driven towards densely populated areas
Ophidiophobes beware, some of Australia's most venomous snakes could be turning up more and more in city dwellers' backyards and parklands along the nation's east coast.This is among the conclusions of a major international research project published today, which found that climate change is driving a snake migration southwards, away from Australia's arid centre and towards its highly populated coastlines.Snake bites kill approximately 138,000 …
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