At the National Mango Conference in Darwin this week, mango growers have been shown long-range climate projections, which suggest the north's mango growing regions will get a lot warmer in the coming decades.
David Karoly, head of the Government's Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, said the last 10 years have seen temperature changes increasingly impact the mango industry and that based on the trends of increasing temperature mangoes may not longer be viable to grow in northern australia in the coming 30 years.
Northern Territory’s Department of Primary Industry mango researcher, Cameron McConchie, said that whilst there are viable areas further down south for mango growing, he is confident another solution is possible.