Correction to: Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00966-7, published online 21 July 2022.

In this article, the Fig. 1b legend labels “Non-peat-forming forest” (green shading) and “Savannah” (orange shading) were originally swapped in error. In addition, in Fig. 4b, the orange “2,750–3,500” legend was incorrectly shown as “2,750–3,000.”

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