Who is he?
Eschenbach is an amateur scientific from Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Did we speak with him?
No.
Important Publications/Articles on Tuvalu:
Article Tuvalu Not Experiencing Increased Sea Level Rise.
Post “Floating islands”, click here.
What methods does he use?
Eschenbach criticizes those who claim sea level rise is threatening islands in the Pacific ; his main argument to validate his thesis is stating that an atoll floats, thus when the sea level rises, the atoll rises too, based on the discovery of Darwin.
His take on the controversy:
Climate change is not the problem. He explains that the body of an atoll, because it is made of sand and coral rubble, is constantly modified due to erosion, human activities. He blames human beings for risking their own lives by destroying the balance of islands : they overpopulate the area, wasting fresh water when they should use rain or sea water, and destroy flaura and fauna.
Quotations:
“Since atolls go up and down with the sea level as Darwin discovered, the idea that atolls will be buried by sea level rises is totally unfounded”.
“Coral atolls cannot survive an unlimited population increase, or unrestricted overfishing, or overpumping the water lens, or unrestrained coral mining”.