Brazilian orange farmers use carbendazim because it is particularly effective in killing black spot and blossom blight, two fungal diseases prevalent in Brazil's warm, wet climate.

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The water is also an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes, particularly in the warm, wet climate of the Gulf Coast, which could mean a spike in mosquito-borne illnesses such as West Nile virus.

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MOSQUITOES, which carry malaria parasites, like the warm and wet conditions that are expected to become more common with climate change.

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Finding a Mediterranean climate characterised by warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters, they successfully planted their own vines and have kept the valley dry grown (ie no irrigation zone) for more than 150 years.

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Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape.

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