This is a correction to: Thomas J F Goreau, Raymond L Hayes, 2023 Record marine heat waves: coral reef bleaching HotSpot maps reveal global sea surface temperature extremes, coral mortality, and ocean circulation changes, Oxford Open Climate Change, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024, kgae005, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae005.

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