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Environment
Nathan Rott

Climate change is fueling more conflict between humans and wildlife

A farmer shows the damages done to his cocoa plantation by an elephant in West Africa. New research says climate change is putting wildlife and humans in conflict more often. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfires pushing tigers towards Sumatran villages. Drought prodding elephants into African cropland. Hotter ocean temperatures forcing whales into shipping lanes.

Humans and wildlife have long struggled to harmoniously coexist. Climate change is pitting both against each other more often, new research finds, amplifying conflicts over habitat and resources.

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