Will the Kensington Pride mango keep its number one spot, or will a changing climate see its popularity with growers dwindle?David Karoly, who heads up the Government's Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub within the CSIRO, said over the last 10 years the mango industry"had already seen temperature changes that were impacting mangoes".
"When we look into the future we seen even bigger [temperature] changes for the next 20 to 30 years," Dr Karoly said. "What happens beyond that depends on what Australia and the rest of the world does to limit climate change, but in a worst-case scenario what we see is that in 30 to 50 years from now, we would see temperature changes of two to three degrees warming and that would put at risk much of the mango industry in the Northern Territory [and other parts of northern Australia].
"Mangoes may not be viable in 30 to 40 years time [in these regions] unless the world acts on climate change". Mango grower Quentin Parker has seen Kensington Pride yields fall over the past decade and has decided to try a new variety.
Australian mangoes are not very good at all.
ABCscience noooooo not the mangoes! ☹️
They say there is no such thing as a dumb question. but I'll make an exception in this case. No, slow long term 'climate change' is not a problem, year to year climate variability will always have a far greater impact.
No, our weather has great variety... it's like asking will the one cold winter in 10 move them further North!?