Risk of snakebites increasing ‘as a result of climate disruption’, says study – WHO predicts hotter

[rangerrebew]

Risk of snakebites increasing ‘as a result of climate disruption’, says study – WHO predicts hotter climate will lead to more contact between humans & venomous snakes
By Admin
May 23, 2026
9:53 am

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/21/risk-of-snakebites-increasing-climate-crisis-habitat-loss-who-study

By Jonathan Watts – UK Guardian

The risk of snakebites is increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures, a study of venomous snakes has found.

Spitting cobras in Africa, vipers in Europe and South America, cottonmouth moccasins in North America and kraits in Asia are coming into greater contact with people as a result of climate disruption and landscape change, according to the research, which was led by the World Health Organization.

This trend is forecast to become more pronounced in the coming decades as snakes – like many other species – adjust their range to escape hotter conditions.

Most species will suffer a decline of habitat, but a significant number of the deadliest snakes are likely to spread more widely, taking them into areas where they have not been seen before and potentially affecting billions of people.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/05/23/risk-of-snakebites-increasing-as-a-result-of-climate-disruption-says-study-who-predicts-hotter-climate-will-lead-to-more-contact-between-humans-venomous-snakes/

[rangerrebew]

O, woe is me!

[Idiot]

Risk of snakebites increasing ‘as a result of climate disruption’, says study – WHO predicts hotter climate will lead to more contact between humans & venomous snakes
By Admin
May 23, 2026
9:53 am

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/21/risk-of-snakebites-increasing-climate-crisis-habitat-loss-who-study

By Jonathan Watts – UK Guardian

The risk of snakebites is increasing across the world as reptiles shift their habitats to cope with rising temperatures and growing human pressures, a study of venomous snakes has found.

Spitting cobras in Africa, vipers in Europe and South America, cottonmouth moccasins in North America and kraits in Asia are coming into greater contact with people as a result of climate disruption and landscape change, according to the research, which was led by the World Health Organization.

This trend is forecast to become more pronounced in the coming decades as snakes – like many other species – adjust their range to escape hotter conditions.

Most species will suffer a decline of habitat, but a significant number of the deadliest snakes are likely to spread more widely, taking them into areas where they have not been seen before and potentially affecting billions of people.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/05/23/risk-of-snakebites-increasing-as-a-result-of-climate-disruption-says-study-who-predicts-hotter-climate-will-lead-to-more-contact-between-humans-venomous-snakes/

It's the cycle of life.  You get more rain, you get more bugs, then you get more mice, then as a result you get more snakes as their food supply has increased.  We seem to have a glut of rattlesnakes this year.  I'm doing my best to thin out the herd.

[Free Vulcan]

Are they measuring snake populations in these supposed 'hotter' locations? Maybe it's just overcrowding and therefore a nut sufficient food supply requiring them to migrate.