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As El Niño strengthens across the Pacific, Australian farmers could face fierce frosts

By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University

In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, crops have been killed by drought and frost.

Severe frosts have destroyed food crops such as taro, sweet potato, bananas and sugarcane, leaving some local communities scrambling for food.

El Niño is producing similar conditions as previous frosts – including those of 1972, 1997–98 and 2015–16 – that left…

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