Your Fault: Hotcoldwetdry Pushing Dangerous Snakes To Coastlines

By William Teach April 3, 2026 – 7:15 am

It’s wild what a 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850 can do, eh?
Climate change will push venomous snakes towards highly populated coastlines, study finds
Climate change will drive venomous snakes away from arid interiors and towards densely populated coastlines, increasing the risk of deadly encounters for millions of people, a new global study says.
It notes that snake populations will broadly move towards higher latitudes and more heavily populated areas as rising temperatures make their current habitats less suitable.
In Australia, the shift is expected to be especially pronounced along the east coast where snakes will move from the arid centre into more heavily populated southern areas.
The research published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases models the habitats of all 508 medically important venomous snake species and projects how their ranges will shift by 2050 and 2090.
“Before this study surprisingly little was known about the exact distribution of many medically important snakes, even some widespread ones that cause many bites,” the study notes.
Yeah, I think we can stop there, once they mention “models”.
It draws on public and private databases, citizen science platforms, museum records, scientific literature and expert observations, with all data vetted by an international panel of around 30 specialists.
And then they claim this will all happen in the future. All over the world. It’s all very culty.

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