Along the Caribbean coast of Belize lies the Belize Barrier Reef, the second largest barrier reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It’s considered the largest barrier reef in the Northern and Western Hemispheres,

Mike Emslie, who heads the tropical marine research agency’s long-term monitoring program, said the live coral cover measured in 2024 was the largest recorded in 39 years of surveys.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its corals that was among the worst on record.