Correction to: Communications Earth & Environment https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01390-y, published online 20 May 2024

“In this article, the affiliation details for Ashok Kumar Mishra were incorrectly given as ‘Center for Forested Wetlands Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 3734 Highway 402, Cordesville, SC 29434, USA and Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA’ but should have been ‘Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA’. Additionally, the grant numbers 2427554 and 2030362 relating to the National Science Foundation for Ashok Kumar Mishra were omitted. The original article has been corrected.”