Thousands of years ago an unknown old culture emerged on an island in the midst of a vast ocean. This civilization built more than 1000 statues,Moai', many of which have been transported miles from quarries through methods that have not yet been discovered by scientists. The Easter Island is now home to nearly 900 Moai sculptures, which are on average 4 meters high. The most prominent sculptures are located on the coast. Scientists warn that the three major statues of Moai - Tongariki, Anakena and Akahanga are at risk of being disturbed by rising sea levels.

The civilization of the Easter Island died centuries ago, but their legacy lives through a number of statues that clearly show how powerful it once was. Scientists believe that the island was inhabited in 300 - 400 nl Experts warn that Easter Island and its mysterious history, shrouded in many mysteries, can soon disappear under the rising ocean and become the final victim of climate change.

According to experts, ocean waves have already begun to touch dozens of ancient Moai statues that have been strategically placed on the coast hundreds of years ago. The island awaits changes as UN scientists warn that the statues could be flooded, as it is expected that the sea level will increase to 2100 by at least six feet.

The mysterious statues characteristic of Easter Island were reportedly carved between 1100 and 1680. Scientists fear that rising sea levels will erode the island and put its archaeological treasures at great risk. No one knows exactly how ancient culture managed to transport massive statues from quarries to their positions. But this is not the only secret of the island. Scientists still have no idea why, decades after the island was rediscovered by Europeans, it is still unclear how each statue was systematically completed, nor did it know how the population of the Rapa Nui was destroyed.

This worrying message was documented by Nicholas Casey, the correspondent of The New York Times, and the Andean region, and Josh Haner, a Times photographer photographer, traveling about 3600 miles off the coast Chileto find out how the ocean erodes the island's monuments. "You feel that in this situation you are unable to protect the bones of your own ancestors,"Said Casey Camilo Rapu, president of an indigenous organization that controls the Rapa Nui National Park on the island. "It is very painful."

Archaeologists believe that the hundreds of sculptures on the Easter Island represent the ancestors of the culture that created them. They assume that the Polynesians discovered the Easter Island about 1000 years ago. This island is considered to be one of the most remote islands from the continent on the surface of the planet. The island belongs to Chile, but it is roughly 3500 kilometers west. A pretty long journey a thousand years ago, do not you think?

Easter Island is not the only endangered island due to the rising ocean surface. According to scientists, many other low-lying islands in the Pacific will experience the effects of climate change and a rapid rise in sea level. The Marshall Islands and the Coral atlas of Kiribati north of Fiji are also on the list of places that are at risk.