Climate change leads to habitat destruction, which results in migration of animals. Animals coming into closer contact with each other and with humans with incr

Climate change leads to habitat destruction, which results in migration of animals. Animals coming into closer contact with each other and with humans with increased frequency. The novel encounters of species brought on due to habitat destruction leads to more opportunities for viruses to jump from species to species, or two viruses of the same family recombining their genetics and creating a new virus. Habitat destruction brings humans into closer contact with animals they weren't in contact with before, and this leads to more opportunities for zoonotic transmission. Also who knows what kinds of viruses are lurking frozen in the melting permafrost.