A global group of scientists has predicted that climate change may cause dramatic movements in venomous snake populations across many countries in Africa. The scientists took into account climate change predictions about changes to the current habitats of 209 venomous snakes, and mapped where those environments were found elsewhere. Based on this,to those African countries whose environments remained suitable for snakes after 2070. This could modify the dynamics of snakebites across Africa.
By knowing the places that snakes could potentially inhabit in the future, we were able to calculate which snakes would start spreading out across a bigger area than their current habitat. This allowed us to assess which species would have the chance to cross geographical borders and inhabit countries where they did not previously exist.
If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase over time, it is expected that the global average temperature will rise by, leading to changes in the distributions of some species. It is anticipated that countries like Uganda, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Somalia will have extensive rural areas dedicated to agriculture and livestock farming by 2070. This is based on information about the future of large of rural or agricultural areas sourced from a.