Research: My research is on fossil plants and climate change between about 70 and 40 million years ago - the last part of the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic) and the first part of the Age of Mammals (Cenozoic). I’m particularly interested in the evolutionary radiation and ecological expansion of flowering plants, and in the globally warm climate of this time. One of my main interests is an event called the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which provides the closest analog in earth history to current human-induced global warming.

Collections: As a curator I am responsible for the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil plant collections at the Smithsonian - which amount to about 800 museum cabinets containing about 175,000 specimens collected over the last 150 years. It’s the biggest collection of its kind in the world, and needs a lot organizing, digitizing and databasing to make it more useful to scientists and the public alike.

Education and Outreach: I have taught courses at University of Maryland, College Park, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Colorado College and mentored graduate and undergraduate students from many schools. From 2012 to 2019 I was on the core team that designed the new Fossil Exhibits opening at NMNH in June 2019.

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• Judd, Emily J., Tierney, Jessica E., Lunt, Daniel J., Montañez, Isabel P., Huber, Brian T., Wing, Scott L., and Valdes, Paul J. 2024. "A 485-million-year history of Earth’s surface temperature." Science, 385, (6715). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk3705. 2024
• Judd, Emily J., Tierney, Jessica E., Lunt, Daniel J., Montañez, Isabel P., Huber, Brian T., Wing, Scott L., and Valdes, Paul J. 2024. "A 485-million-year history of Earth’s surface temperature." Science, 385, (6715). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk3705. 2024
• Lloyd, Max K., Stein, Rebekah A., Ibarra, Daniel E., Barclay, Richard S., Wing, Scott L., Stahle, David W., Dawson, Todd E., and Stolper, Daniel A. 2023. "Isotopic clumping in wood as a proxy for photorespiration in trees." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, (46). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306736120. 2023
• Korasidis, Vera A. and Wing, Scott L. 2023. "Palynofloral Change Through the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming." Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38, (12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023PA004741. 2023
• Waters, Colin N., Head, Martin J., Zalasiewicz, Jan, Mccarthy, Francine M. G., Wing, Scott L., Haff, Peter K., Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Barbara, Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, J. R., Rose, Neil L., Steffen, Will, Summerhayes, Colin P., Wagreich, Michael, An, Zhisheng, Cearreta, Alejandro, Cundy, Andrew B., Fairchild, Ian J., Galuszka, Agnieszka, Hajdas, Irka, Han, Yongming, Do Sul, Juliana A. Ivar, Jeandel, Catherine, Syvitski, Jaia et al. 2023. "Response to Merritts et al. (2023): The Anthropocene is complex. Defining it is not." Earth-Science Reviews, 238 104335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104335. 2023
• Korasidis, Vera A., Wing, Scott L., Harrington, Guy J., Demchuk, Thomas, Gravendyck, Julia, Jardine, Phillip E., and Willard, Debra. 2022. "Biostratigraphically significant palynofloras from the Paleocene-Eocene boundary of the USA." Palynology, https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2022.2115159. 2022
• Simpson, Andrew G., Wing, Scott L., and Fenster, Charles B. 2022. "Diversification in the Rosales is influenced by dispersal, geographic range size, and pre-existing species richness." American Journal of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1855. 2022
• Waters, Colin N., Williams, Mark, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Turner, Simon D., Barnosky, Anthony D., Head, Martin J., Wing, Scott L., Wagreich, Michael, Steffen, Will, Summerhayes, Colin P., Cundy, Andrew B., Zinke, Jens, Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, Barbara, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Haff, Peter K., McNeill, J. R., Rose, Neil L., Hajdas, Irka, Mccarthy, Francine M. G., Cearreta, Alejandro, Gałuszka, Agnieszka, Syvitski, Jaia, Han, Yongming, An, Zhisheng, Fairchild, Ian J. et al. 2022. "Epochs, events and episodes: Marking the geological impact of humans." Earth-Science Reviews, 104171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104171. 2022
• Herendeen, Patrick S., Cardoso, Domingos B. O. S., Herrera, Fabiany, and Wing, Scott L. 2022. "Fossil papilionoids of the Bowdichia clade (Leguminosae) from the Paleogene of North America." American Journal of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1808. 2022
• Korasidis, Vera A., Wing, Scott L., Shields, Christine A., and Kiehl, Jeffrey T. 2022. "Global Changes in Terrestrial Vegetation and Continental Climate During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum." Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37, (4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004325. 2022
• Korasidis, Vera A., Wing, Scott L., Nelson, David M., and Baczynski, Allison A. 2022. "Reworked pollen reduces apparent floral change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum." Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G50441.1. 2022
• Ramos, Evan J., Breecker, Daniel O., Barnes, Jaime D., Li, Fangliang, Gingerich, Philip D., Loewy, Staci L., Satkoski, Aaron M., Baczynski, Allison A., Wing, Scott L., Miller, Nathaniel R., and Lassiter, John C. 2022. "Swift Weathering Response on Floodplains During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum." Geophysical Research Letters, 49, (6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097436. 2022
• Head, Martin J., Zalasiewicz, Jan A., Waters, Colin N., Turner, Simon D., Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Steffen, Will, Wagreich, Michael, Haff, Peter K., Syvitski, Jaia, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Mccarthy, Francine M. G., Rose, Neil L., Wing, Scott L., An, Zhisheng, Cearreta, Alejandro, Cundy, Andrew B., Fairchild, Ian J., Han, Yongming, Sul, Juliana A. Ivar do, Jeandel, Catherine, McNeill, J. R., and Summerhayes, Colin P. 2022. "The Anthropocene is a prospective epoch/series, not a geological event." Episodes, https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022025. 2022
• Judd, Emily J., Tierney, Jessica E., Huber, Brian T., Wing, Scott L., Lunt, Daniel J., Ford, Heather L., Inglis, Gordon N., McClymont, Erin L., O'Brien, Charlotte L., Rattanasriampaipong, Ronnakrit, Si, Weimin, Staitis, Matthew L., Thirumalai, Kaustubh, Anagnostou, Eleni, Cramwinckel, Margot J., Dawson, Robin R., Evans, David, Gray, William R., Grossman, Ethan L., Henehan, Michael J., Hupp, Brittany N., MacLeod, Kenneth G., O'Connor, Lauren K., Sánchez Montes, Maria Luisa, Song, Haijun et al. 2022. "The PhanSST global database of Phanerozoic sea surface temperature proxy data." Scientific Data, 9, (1) 753. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01826-0. 2022
• Scher, Mason A., Barclay, Richard S., Baczynski, Allison A., Smith, Bryton A., Sappington, James, Bennett, Lily A., Chakraborty, Suvankar, Wilson, Jonathan P., Megonigal, J. P., and Wing, Scott L. 2022. "The effect of CO2 concentration on carbon isotope discrimination during photosynthesis in Ginkgo biloba: implications for reconstructing atmospheric CO2 levels in the geologic past." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 337 82–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.033. 2022
• Head, Martin J., Zalasiewicz, Jan A., Waters, Colin N., Turner, Simon D., Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Steffen, Will, Wagreich, Michael, Haff, Peter K., Syvitski, Jaia, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Mccarthy, Francine M. G., Rose, Neil L., Wing, Scott L., An, Zhisheng, Cearreta, Alejandro, Cundy, Andrew B., Fairchild, Ian J., Han, Yongming, Do Sul, Juliana A. Ivar, Jeandel, Catherine, McNeill, J. R., and Summerhayes, Colin P. 2022. "The proposed Anthropocene Epoch/Series is underpinned by an extensive array of mid-20^th century stratigraphic event signals." Journal of Quaternary Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3467. 2022
• Manchester, Steven R., Zhang, Xiaoqing, Hotton, Carol L., Wing, Scott L., and Crane, Peter R. 2022. "Two-seeded cones of probable gnetalean affinity from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Utah and Colorado, USA." Acta Palaeobotanica, 77–92. https://doi.org/10.35535/acpa-2022-0006. 2022
• Wilf, Peter, Wing, Scott L., Meyer, Herbert W., Rose, Jacob A., Saha, Rohit, Serre, Thomas, Cúneo, N. Rubén, Donovan, Michael P., Erwin, Diane M., Gandolfo, Maria A., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Herrera, Fabiany, Hu, Shusheng, Iglesias, Ari, Johnson, Kirk R., Karim, Talia S., and Zou, Xiaoyu. 2021. "An image dataset of cleared, x-rayed, and fossil leaves vetted to plant family for human and machine learning." PhytoKeys, 187 93–128. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.72350. 2021
• Denis, Elizabeth H., Maibauer, Bianca J., Bowen, Gabriel J., Jardine, Phillip E., Harrington, Guy J., Baczynski, Allison A., McInerney, Francesca A., Collinson, Margaret E., Belcher, Claire M., Wing, Scott L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2021. "Decreased soil carbon in a warming world: Degraded pyrogenic carbon during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116970. 2021
• Manchester, Steven R., Zhang, Xiaoqing, Hotton, Carol L., Wing, Scott L., and Crane, Peter R. 2021. "Distinctive quadrangular seed-bearing structures of gnetalean affinity from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, USA." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19, (10) 743–760. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2021.1968522. 2021
• Carvalho, Mónica R., Jaramillo, Carlos, de La Parra, Felipe, Caballero-Rodríguez, Dayenari, Herrera, Fabiany, Wing, Scott, Turner, Benjamin L., D'Apolito, Carlos, Romero-Báez, Millerlandy, Narváez, Paula, Martínez, Camila, Gutierrez, Mauricio, Labandeira, Conrad C., Bayona, German, Rueda, Milton, Paez-Reyes, Manuel, Cárdenas, Dairon, Duque, Álvaro, Crowley, James L., Santos, Carlos, and Silvestro, Daniele. 2021. "Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests." Science, 372, (6537) 63–68. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1969. 2021
• Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Jukar, Advait M., Toth, Aniko B., Fraser, Danielle, Du, Andrew, Barr, W. Andrew, Amatangelo, Kathryn L., Balk, Meghan A., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Blois, Jessica, Davis, Matt, Eronen, Jussi T., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Looy, Cindy, Miller, Joshua H., Shupinski, Alexandria B., Soul, Laura C., Villasenor, Amelia, Wing, Scott, and Lyons, S. Kathleen. 2020. "Body mass-related changes in mammal community assembly patterns during the late Quaternary of North America." Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05027. 2020
• Stull, Gregory W., Tiffney, Bruce H., Manchester, Steven R., Del Rio, Cedric, and Wing, Scott L. 2020. "Endocarps of Pyrenacantha (Icacinaceae) from the Early Oligocene of Egypt." International journal of plant sciences, 181, (4) 432–442. https://doi.org/10.1086/706854. 2020
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Leslie, Andrew B., and Wing, Scott L. 2019. "A phylogenetic analysis of conifer diterpenoids and their carbon isotopes for chemotaxonomic applications." Organic Geochemistry, 127 50–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.11.007. 2019
• Graham, Heather V., Herrera, Fabiany, Jaramillo, Carlos, Wing, Scott L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2019. "Canopy structure in Late Cretaceous and Paleocene forests as reconstructed from carbon isotope analyses of fossil leaves." Geology, 47 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46152.1. 2019
• Baczynski, Allison A., McInerney, Francesca A., Freeman, Katherine H., and Wing, Scott L. 2019. "Carbon isotope record of trace n-alkanes in a continental PETM section recovered by the Bighorn Basin Coring Project (BBCP)." Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34, (5) 853–865. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003579. 2019
• Soul, Laura C., Barclay, Richard S., Bolton, Amy, and Wing, Scott L. 2019. "Fossil Atmospheres: a case study of citizen science in question-driven palaeontological research." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 374, (1763) 20170388. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0388. 2019
• Herrera, Fabiany, Carvalho, Mónica, Wing, Scott L., Jaramillo, Carlos, and Herendeen, Patrick S. 2019. "Middle to Late Paleocene Leguminosae fruits and leaves from Colombia." Australian Systematic Botany, 32, (6) 385–408. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB19001. 2019
• Wing, Scott L. 2019. "Presentation of the 2018 Paleontological Society Medal to Anna K. Behrensmeyer." Journal of Paleontology, 93, (5) 1036–1037. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.41. 2019
• Fetter, Karl C., Eberhardt, Sven, Barclay, Rich S., Wing, Scott L., and Keller, Stephen R. 2019. "StomataCounter: a neural network for automatic stomata identification and counting." New Phytologist, 223, (3) 1671–1681. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15892. 2019
• Simpson, Andrew G., Wagner, Peter J., Wing, Scott L., and Fenster, Charles B. 2018. "Binary-state speciation and extinction method is conditionally robust to realistic violations of its assumptions." Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 18 69–69. https://doi.org/10.1186/S12862-018-1174-5. 2018
• Waters, Colin N., Zalasiewicz, Jan, Summerhayes, Colin, Fairchild, Ian J., Rose, Neil L., Loader, Neil J., Shotyk, William, Cearreta, Alejandro, Head, Martin J., Syvitski, James P. M., Williams, Mark, Wagreich, Michael, Barnosky, Anthony D., Zhisheng, An, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Jeandel, Catherine, Gałuszka, Agnieszka, Ivar do Sul, Juliana A., Gradstein, Felix, Steffen, Will, McNeill, John R., Wing, Scott L., Poirier, Clément, and Edgeworth, Matt. 2018. "Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene Series: Where and how to look for potential candidates." Earth-Science Reviews, 178 379–429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.016. 2018
• Westerhold, Thomas, Roehl, Ursula, Wilkens, Roy H., Gingerich, Philip D., Clyde, William C., Wing, Scott L., Bowen, Gabriel J., and Kraus, Mary J. 2018. "Synchronizing early Eocene deep-sea and continental records - cyclostratigraphic age models for the Bighorn Basin Coring Project drill cores." Climate of the Past, 14, (3) 303–319. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-303-2018. 2018
• Baczynski, Allison A., McInerney, Francesca A., Wing, Scott L., Kraus, Mary J., Bloch, Jonathan I., and Secord, Ross. 2017. "Constraining paleohydrologic change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the continental interior of North America." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 465, (Part A) 237–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.030. 2017
• Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Wolfe, Alexander P., Barnosky, Anthony D., Cearreta, Alejandro, Edgeworth, Matt, Ellis, Erle C., Fairchild, Ian J., Gradstein, Felix M., Grinevald, Jacques, Haff, Peter, Head, Martin J., Ivar do Sul, Juliana A., Jeandel, Catherine, Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, John R., Oreskes, Naomi, Poirier, Clement, Revkin, Andrew, Richter, Daniel deB, Steffen, Will, Summerhayes, Colin, Syvitski, James P. M., Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael et al. 2017. "Making the case for a formal Anthropocene Epoch: an analysis of ongoing critiques." Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 50, (2) 205–226. https://doi.org/10.1127/nos/2017/0385. 2017
• Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Waters, C. N., Barnosky, A. D., Palmesino, J., Ro nnskog, A. -S, Edgeworth, M., Neal, C., Cearreta, A., Ellis, E. C., Grinevald, J., Haff, P., Ivar, do Sul, Jeandel, C., Leinfelder, R., McNeill, J. R., Odada, E., Oreskes, N., Price, S. J., Revkin, A., Steffen, W., Summerhayes, C., Vidas, D., Wing, Scott L., and Wolfe, A. P. 2017. "Scale and diversity of the physical technosphere: A geological perspective." The Anthropocene Review, 4, (1) 9–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019616677743. 2017
• Wilf, Peter, Zhang, Shengping, Chikkerur, Sharat, Little, Stefan A., Wing, Scott L., and Serre, Thomas. 2016. "Computer vision cracks the leaf code." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, (12) 3305–3310. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1524473113. 2016
• Currano, Ellen D., Laker, Rachel, Flynn, Andrew G., Fogt, Kari K., Stradtman, Hillary, and Wing, Scott L. 2016. "Consequences of elevated temperature and pCO2 on insect folivory at the ecosystem level: perspectives from the fossil record." Ecology and Evolution, 6, (13) 4318–4331. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2203. 2016
• Lunt, Daniel J., Huber, Matthew, Baatsen, Michiel L. J., Caballero, Rodrigo, DeConto, Rob, Donnadieu, Yannick, Evans, David, Feng, Ran, Foster, Gavin, Gasson, Ed, von, der Heydt, Hollis, Chris J., Kirtland Turner, Sandy, Korty, Robert L., Kozdon, Reinhardt, Krishnan, Srinath, Ladant, Jean-Baptiste, Langebroek, Petra, Lear, Caroline H., LeGrande, Allegra N., Littler, Kate, Markwick, Paul, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Pearson, Paul, Poulsen, Chris et al. 2016. "DeepMIP: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM." Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-127. 2016
• Baczynski, Allison A., McInerney, Francesca A., Wing, Scott L., Kraus, Mary J., Morse, Paul E., Bloch, Jonathan I., Chung, Angela H., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2016. "Distortion of carbon isotope excursion in bulk soil organic matter during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum." Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128, (9/10) 1352–1366. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31389.1. 2016
• Lyons, S. Kathleen, Amatangelo, Kathryn L., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Bercovici, Antoine, Blois, Jessica L., Davis, Matt, DiMichele, William A., Du, Andrew, Eronen, Jussi T., Faith, J. Tyler, Graves, Gary R., Jud, Nathan, Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., McGill, Brian, Miller, Joshua H., Patterson, David, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Potts, Richard, Riddle, Brett, Terry, Rebecca, Tóth, Anikó, Ulrich, Werner, Villaseñor, Amelia, Wing, Scott L. et al. 2016. "Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts." Nature, (529) 80–83. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16447. 2016
• Barclay, Richard S. and Wing, Scott L. 2016. "Improving the Ginkgo CO₂ barometer: Implications for the early Cenozoic atmosphere." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 439 158–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.012. 2016
• Lyons, S. Kathleen, Miller, Joshua H., Amatange, Kathryn L., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Bercovici, Antoine, Blois, Jessica L., Davis, Matt, DiMichele, William A., Du, Andrew, Eronen, Jussi T., Faith, J. T., Graves, Gary R., Jud, Nathan, Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., McGill, Brian, Patterson, David, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Potts, Richard, Riddle, Brett, Terry, Rebecca, Tóth, Anikó, Ulrich, Werner, Villaseñor, Amelia, Wing, Scott L. et al. 2016. "Lyons et al. reply." Nature, 538, (7626) E3–E4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20097. 2016
• Lyons, S. Kathleen, Miller, Joshua H., Tóth, Anikó, Amatangelo, Kathryn L., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Bercovici, Antoine, Blois, Jessica L., Davis, Matt, DiMichele, William A., Du, Andrew, Eronen, Jussi T., Faith, J. T., Graves, Gary R., Jud, Nathan, Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., McGill, Brian, Patterson, David, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Potts, Richard, Riddle, Brett, Terry, Rebecca, Ulrich, Werner, Villaseñor, Amelia, Wing, Scott L. et al. 2016. "Questioning Holocene community shifts Reply." Nature, 537, (7618) E5–E6. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19111. 2016
• Steffen, Will, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Williams, Mark, Summerhayes, Colin, Barnosky, Anthony D., Cearreta, Alejandro, Crutzen, Paul, Edgeworth, Matt, Ellis, Erle C., Fairchild, Ian J., Galuszka, Agnieszka, Grinevald, Jacques, Haywood, Alan, do Sul, Juliana Ivar, Jeandel, Catherine, McNeill, J. R., Odada, Eric, Oreskes, Naomi, Revkin, Andrew, Richter, Daniel de B., Syvitski, James, Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael et al. 2016. "Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene." Earth's Future, 4, (8) 324–345. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000379. 2016
• Williams, Mark, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Edgeworth, Matt, Bennett, Carys, Barnosky, Anthony D., Ellis, Erle C., Ellis, Michael A., Cearreta, Alejandro, Haff, Peter K., Ivar do Sul, Juliana A., Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, John R., Odada, Eric, Oreskes, Naomi, Revkin, Andrew, Richter, Daniel deB, Steffen, Will, Summerhayes, Colin, Syvitski, James P., Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael, Wing, Scott L., Wolfe, Alexander P., and Zhisheng, An. 2016. "The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere." Earth's Future, 4, (3) 34–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015EF000339. 2016
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Leslie, Andrew B., and Wing, Scott L. 2015. "Leaf wax composition and carbon isotopes vary among major conifer groups." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 170 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.08.018. 2015
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Freeman, Katherine H., Wing, Scott L., Currano, Ellen D., and Mueller, Kevin E. 2015. "Paleogene plants fractionated carbon isotopes similar to modern plants." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 429 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.029. 2015
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Rohl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2015. "Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum." Nature geoscience, (8) 44–47. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2316. 2015
• Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Cearreta, Alejandro, Crutzen, Paul, Ellis, Erle, Ellis, Michael A., Fairchild, Ian J., Grinevald, Jacques, Haff, Peter K., Hajdas, Irka, Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, John, Odada, Eric O., Poirier, Clément, Richter, Daniel, Steffen, Will, Summerhayes, Colin, Syvitski, James P. M., Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael, Wing, Scott L., Wolfe, Alexander P., An, Zhisheng et al. 2015. "When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal." Quaternary International, 283 196–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.045. 2015
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Freeman, Katherine H., and Wing, Scott L. 2014. "A comparison of terpenoid and leaf fossil vegetation proxies in Paleocene and Eocene Bighorn Basin sediments." Organic Geochemistry, 71 30–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.04.004. 2014
• Blois, Jessica L., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Faith, J. T., Lyons, Sara K., Williams, John W., Amatangelo, Kathryn L., Bercovici, Antoine, Du, Andrew, Eronen, Jussi T., Graves, Gary R., Jud, Nathan, Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., McGill, Brian, Patterson, David, Potts, Richard, Riddle, Brett, Terry, Rebecca, Tóth, Anikó, Villaseñor, Amelia, and Wing, Scott L. 2014. "A framework for evaluating the influence of climate, dispersal limitation, and biotic interactions using fossil pollen associations across the late Quaternary." Ecography, 37, (11) 1095–1108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00779. 2014
• Peppe, Daniel J., Lemons, Casee R., Royer, Dana L., Wing, Scott L., Wright, Ian J., Lusk, Christopher H., and Rhoden, Chazelle H. 2014. "Biomechanical and leaf–climate relationships: A comparison of ferns and seed plants." American Journal of Botany, 101, (2) 338–347. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300220. 2014
• Graham, Heather V., Patzkowsky, Mark E., Wing, Scott L., Parker, Geoffrey G., Fogel, Marilyn L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2014. "Isotopic characteristics of canopies in simulated leaf assemblages." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 144 82–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.032. 2014
• Herrera, Fabiany, Manchester, Steven R., Carvalho, Mónica R., Jaramillo, Carlos A., and Wing, Scott L. 2014. "Paleocene wind-dispersed fruits and seeds from Colombia and their implications for early Neotropical rainforests." Acta Palaeobotanica, 54, (2) 197–229. https://doi.org/10.2478/acpa-2014-0008. 2014
• Green, Walton A., Little, Stefan A., Price, Charles A., Wing, Scott L., Smith, Selena Y., Kotrc, Benjamin, and Doria, Gabriela. 2014. "Reading the leaves: A comparison of leaf rank and automated areole measurement for quantifying aspects of leaf venation." Applications in Plant Sciences, 2, (8). https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400006. 2014
• Little, Stefan A., Green, Walton A., Wing, Scott L., and Wilf, Peter. 2014. "Reinvestigation of Leaf Rank, an Underappreciated Component of Leo Hickey's Legacy." Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55, (2) 79–87. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.055.0202. 2014
• Stine, Jeffrey K. and Wing, Scott L. 2014. "The Living in the Anthropocene Film Series." Sustainability Matters, 3, (2) 1–2. 2014
• Wing, Scott L., Johnson, Kirk R., Peppe, Daniel J., Green, Walton A., and Taylor, David Winship. 2014. "The Multi-Stranded Career of Leo J. Hickey." Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55, (2) 69–78. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.055.0201. 2014
• Clyde, W. C., Gingerich, P. D., Wing, Scott L., Röhl, U., Westerhold, T., Bowen, G., Johnson, Kirk R., Baczynski, A. A., Diefendorf, A., McInerney, F., Schnurrenberger, D., Noren, A., and Brady, K. 2013. "Bighorn Basin Coring Project (BBCP): a continental perspective on early Paleogene hyperthermals." Scientific Drilling, 16 21–31. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-16-21-2013. 2013
• Baczynski, Allison A., McInerney, Francesca A., Wing, Scott L., Kraus, Mary J., Bloch, Jonathan I., Boyer, Doug M., Secord, Ross, Morse, Paul E., and Fricke, Henry C. 2013. "Chemostratigraphic implications of spatial variation in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum carbon isotope excursion, SE Bighorn Basin, Wyoming." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14, (10) 4133–4152. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20265. 2013
• Kraus, Mary J., McInerney, Francesca A., Wing, Scott L., Secord, Ross, Baczynski, Allison A., and Bloch, Jonathan I. 2013. "Paleohydrologic response to continental warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 370 196–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.12.008. 2013
• Wing, Scott L. and Currano, Ellen D. 2013. "Plant response to a global greenhouse event 56 million years ago." American Journal of Botany, 100, (9) 1234–1254. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1200554. 2013
• Clyde, W. C., Gingerich, P. D., and Wing, Scott L. 2012. "Coring Project in Bighorn Basin: Drilling Phase Complete." Eos, 93, (4) 41–42. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012EO040002. 2012
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Freeman, Katherine H., and Wing, Scott L. 2012. "Distribution and carbon isotope patterns of diterpenoids and triterpenoids in modern temperate C3 trees and their geochemical significance." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 85 342–356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.016. 2012
• Secord, Ross, Bloch, Jonathan I., Chester, Stephen G. B., Boyer, Doug M., Wood, Aaron R., Wing, Scott L., Kraus, Mary J., McInerney, Francesca A., and Krigbaum, John. 2012. "Evolution of the Earliest Horses Driven by Climate Change in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum." Science, 335, (6071) 959–962. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1213859. 2012
• Wing, Scott L., Stromberg, Caroline A. E., Hickey, Leo J., Tiver, Fleur, Willis, Brian, Burnham, Robyn J., and Behrensmeyer, Anna K. 2012. "Floral and environmental gradients on a Late Cretaceous landscape." Ecological Monographs, 82, (1) 23–47. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0870.1. 2012
• Price, Charles A., Wing, Scott L., and Weitz, Joshua S. 2012. "Scaling and structure of dicotyledonous leaf venation networks." Ecology Letters, 15, (2) 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01712.x. 2012
• Freeman, Katherine H., Mueller, Kevin E., Diefendorf, Aaron F., Wing, Scott L., and Koch, Paul L. 2011. "Clarifying the influence of water availability and plant types on carbon isotope discrimination by C3 plants." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, (16) E59–E60. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1102556108. 2011
• Green, Walton A., Hunt, Gene, Wing, Scott L., and DiMichele, William A. 2011. "Does extinction wield an axe or pruning shears? How interactions between phylogeny and ecology affect patterns of extinction." Paleobiology, 37, (1) 72–91. https://doi.org/10.1666/09078.1. 2011
• Adams, Jason S., Kraus, Mary J., and Wing, Scott L. 2011. "Evaluating the use of weathering indices for determining mean annual precipitation in the ancient stratigraphic record." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 309, (3-4) 358–366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.004. 2011
• Carvalho, Mónica R., Herrera, Fabiany, Jaramillo, Carlos A., Wing, Scott L., and Callejas, Ricardo. 2011. "Paleocene Malvaceae from northern South America and their biogeographical implications." American Journal of Botany, 98, (8) 1337–1355. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000539. 2011
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Freeman, Katherine H., Wing, Scott L., and Graham, Heather V. 2011. "Production of n-alkyl lipids in living plants and implications for the geologic past." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, (23) 7472–7485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.028. 2011
• Peppe, Daniel J., Royer, Dana L., Cariglino, Barbara, Oliver, Sofia Y., Newman, Sharon, Leight, Elias, Enikolopov, Grisha, Fernandez-Burgos, Margo, Herrera, Fabiany, Adams, Jonathan M., Correa, Edwin, Currano, Ellen D., Erickson, J. Mark, Felipe Hinojosa, Luis, Hoganson, John W., Iglesias, Ari, Jaramillo, Carlos A., Johnson, Kirk R., Jordan, Gregory J., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Lovelock, Elizabeth C., Lusk, Christopher H., Niinemets, Uelo, Penuelas, Josep, Rapson, Gillian et al. 2011. "Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: global patterns and paleoclimatic applications." New Phytologist, 190, (3) 724–739. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03615.x. 2011
• McInerney, Francesca A. and Wing, Scott L. 2011. "The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: a Perturbation of Carbon Cycle, Climate, and Biosphere with Implications for the Future." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 39 489–516. 2011
• Wing, Scott L. 2011. "We Need a Deeper Sense of Time." Science, 333, (6044) 825. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209934. 2011
• Diefendorf, Aaron F., Mueller, Kevin E., Wing, Scott L., Koch, Paul L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2010. "Global patterns in leaf C-13 discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (13) 5738–5743. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0910513107. 2010
• Bennington, J. Bret, DiMichele, William A., Badgley, Catherine, Bambach, Richard K., Barrett, Paul M., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Bobe, Rene, Burnham, Robyn J., Daeschler, Edward B., Van Dam, Jan, Eronen, Jussi T., Erwin, Douglas H., Finnegan, Seth, Holland, Steven M., Hunt, Gene, Jablonski, David, Jackson, Stephen T., Jacobs, Bonnie E., Kidwell, Susan M., Koch, Paul L., Kowalewski, Michal J., Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., Lyons, Sara K., Novack-Gottshall, Philip M. et al. 2009. "Critical Issues of Scale in Paleoecology." Palaios, 24, (1-2) 1–4. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2009.S01. 2009
• Wing, Scott L., Herrera, Fabiany, Jaramillo, Carlos A., Gómez-Navarro, Carolina, Wilf, Peter, and Labandeira, Conrad C. 2009. "Late Paleocene fossils from the Cerrejón Formation, Colombia, are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforest." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, (44) 18627–18632. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0905130106. 2009
• Gomez-Navarro, Carolina, Jaramillo, Carlos A., Herrera, Fabiany, Wing, Scott L., and Callejas, Ricardo. 2009. "Palms (Arecaceae) from a Paleocene rainforest of northern Colombia." American Journal of Botany, 96, (7) 1300–1312. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800378. 2009
• Herrera, Fabiany A., Jaramillo, Carlos A., Dilcher, David L., Wing, Scott L., and Gomez-N., Carolina. 2008. "Fossil Araceae from a Paleocene Neotropical rainforest in Colombia." American Journal of Botany, 95, (12) 1569–1583. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800172. 2008
• Currano, Ellen D., Wilf, Peter, Wing, Scott L., Labandeira, Conrad C., Lovelock, Elizabeth C., and Royer, Dana L. 2008. "Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, (6) 1960–1964. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0708646105. 2008
• Secord, Ross, Wing, Scott L., and Chew, Amy. 2008. "Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of forest canopy structure and resource partitioning." Paleobiology, 34, (2) 282–300. https://doi.org/10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0282:SIIEEM]2.0.CO;2. 2008
• Clyde, William C., Hamzi, Walid, Finarelli, John A., Wing, Scott L., Schankler, David, and Chew, Amy. 2007. "Basin-wide magnetostratigraphic framework for the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming." Geological Society of America Bulletin, 119, (7/8) 848–859. https://doi.org/10.1130/B26104.1. 2007
• Smith, Francesca A., Wing, Scott L., and Freeman, Katherine H. 2007. "Magnitude of the carbon isotope excursion at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: The role of plant community change." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 262, (1-2) 50–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.021. 2007

Book

• Ellis, B., Daly, D. C., Hickey, Leo J., Johnson, Kirk R., Mitchell, J. D., Wilf, Peter, and Wing, Scott L. 2009. Manual of Leaf Architecture. Cornell University Press. 2009

Chapter

• Greb, Stephen F., DiMichele, William A., Gastaldo, Robert W., Eble, Cortland F., and Wing, Scott L. 2022. "Prehistoric Wetlands." In Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. 2nd ed. Junk, Wolfgang and Wittman, Florian, editors. 23–32. Elsevier. In Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819166-8.00066-9. 2022
• Wing, Scott L. 2017. "Thinking Like a Mountain in the Anthropocene." In Living in the Anthropocene Earth in the Age of Humans. Kress, W. John and Stein, J. K., editors. 18–22. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2017
• Wing, Scott L., Bloch, J. I., Bowen, G. J., Boyer, D. M., Chester, S., Diefendorf, Aaron F., Harrington, G. J., Kraus, M. J., Secord, R., and Smith, F. A. 2009. "Coordinated sedimentary and biotic change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA." In Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene (CBEP 2009), extended abstracts from an international conference in Wellington, New Zealand, 12-15 January 2009. Crouch, E. M., Strong, C. P., and Hollis, C. J., editors. 156–162. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences. In GNS Science Miscellaneous Series v. 18. 2009
• Wing, Scott L., Bloch, Johathan I., Bowen, Gabriel J., Boyer, Douglas M., Chester, Stephen, Diefendorf, Aaron F., Harrington, Guy J., Kraus, Mary J., Secord, Ross, and McInerney, Francesca A. 2008. "Coordinated Sedimentary and Biotic Change During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA." In Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene (CBEP 2009), extended abstracts from an international conference in Wellington, New Zealand, 12-15 January 2009. Crouch, E. M., Strong, C. P., and Hollis, C. J., editors. 157–163. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited. In GNS Science Miscellaneous Series (no. 18). 2008

Dataset

• Simpson, Andrew, Wing, Scott L., and Fenster, Charles. 2022. [Dataset] Diversification in the Rosales is influenced by dispersal, geographic range size, and pre-existing species richness. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.JSXKSN0BV. 2022
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S1) Offsets between drilling depths (meters below surface, MBS) of Polecat Bench cores A and B used to develop the composite depth scale (meters composite depth, MCD). Compiled by Wing, Scott L. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S2) Tie points used to correlate outcrop levels to BBCP cores. Compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817098. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S3) Carbon isotope values of diffuse micritic carbonate and associated nodules. Compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839819. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S4) Carbon and oxygen isotope values for pedogenic carbonate samples collected from Polecat Bench cores A. Distributed by Nature Geoscience, compiled by Wing, Scott L. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S5) Time model specification for models assuming a 90 kyr duration of the PETM CIE body. Compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839861. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): (Table S6) Time model specification for models assuming a 135 kyr duration of the PETM CIE body. Compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839864. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] (2014): Color data from BBCP Polecat Bench core 2A. Compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817099. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] Carbon and oxygen isotope values for pedogenic carbonate samples collected from Polecat Bench cores A and B organized by stratigraphic level (Table S4). Distributed by PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817091. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] Color data from BBCP Polecat Bench core 2B. Distributed by Pangaea, compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817118. 2014
• Bowen, Gabriel J., Maibauer, Bianca J., Kraus, Mary J., Röhl, Ursula, Westerhold, Thomas, Steimke, Amy, Gingerich, Philip D., Wing, Scott L., and Clyde, William C. 2014. [Dataset] Color data, carbon and oxygen isotopes, and offsets from BBCP Polecat Bench cores 2A and 2B. PANGAEA. Distributed by Pangaea, compiled by Wing, Scott L. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817119. 2014

Review

• Wing, Scott L. 2011. [Book review] "Deep Future The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth." Science, 333, (6044), 825–825. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209934. 2011