Francesca Cigna

Research director in EO @CnrIsac, environmental engineer, Earth sciences PhD, observing Earth surface processes from space with #SAR & #InSAR. Views are my own

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

🏙️𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 #𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚-𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙙 #𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥��𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 #𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮?🇮🇹

See our @SciReports paper: https://t.co/UV50H3p15n

by @SubriskEu team
#risk #InSAR #urban #hazard #structuralstress

[Land MDPI @Land_MDPI]

📢 #CallForPapers
🎯 Welcome to submit your article or review to the Special Issue "Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology"
👥 Edited by: Dr. Francesca Cigna
👉 https://t.co/flzxihbkh7
⏰ Submission Deadline: 31 December 2025

[Geo-spatial Information Science @GsisOffice]

We explore how satellite SAR is revolutionizing archaeological prospection & heritage site protection 🛰️🏛️. From buried ruins to urban threats, remote sensing is unlocking the past like never before!

🧵👇
🔗 https://t.co/a85NnXSHZO

[SubRISK+ @SubriskEu]

A big week for our project team! 🙌
We joined:
• MedGU 2025 (Athens)
• XII AIT Conference – Earth Observation (Milan)
• LaSII/GSEU Workshop – Land Subsidence in Europe (Brussels)
More details on our website https://t.co/3vtduOYYVQ
Don’t miss our upcoming posts!

[Manoochehr Shirzaei @shirzaei]

*** Media Coverage ***
In this @LiveScience news piece, I discuss #LandSubsidence hazard in #IRAN.

@vtgeosciences
@UNUINWEH
Iran among 'world's most extreme subsidence hotspots' with some areas sinking up to 1 foot per year, study finds | Live Science https://t.co/QIV2X6ovXq

[SubRISK+ @SubriskEu]

🎤SubRISK+ team lands in Taipei and Padua for the TGA and SIMP-SGI 2025 conferences
See the full TGA2025 scientific program: https://t.co/Zdy5PdywJL
See the full SIMP-SGI 2025 scientific programme: https://t.co/fBf6e7jo6m

[SubRISK+ @SubriskEu]

SUBRISK+ team was at @esa's Living Planet Symposium in Vienna last week, sharing insights on land #subsidence #Risk mapping in Italy using European Ground Motion Service #EGMS 🛰️data!

[Remote Sensing MDPI @RemoteSens_MDPI]

👉👉 #Statistical and Independent Component Analysis of #Sentinel1 #InSAR Time Series to Assess #Land #Subsidence Trends

✍️ Celina Anael Farías et al.
🔗 https://t.co/7sqtRAy3OW

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

🔔 New paper alert! 🔔 @Land_MDPI
Environmental Challenges & Vanishing #Archaeological Landscapes: 🛰 #RemoteSensing Insights into the #Climate–#Water–#Agriculture–#Heritage Nexus in #Iraq
➡https://t.co/5x3cQMcFRx
@LouiseRayne1 @DeodatoTapete @JaafarJotheri @AbdulameerAlga1

[Jaafar Jotheri جعفر الجوذري @JaafarJotheri]

Groundwater extraction for irrigation has notably increased in the #Iraqi western #desert, especially alongside the national #springs of the Abu Jir lineament. Farmers who invest in bore-drilling equipment or well construction can support centre-pivot systems and irrigate extensive fields. Rapid groundwater abstraction from privately managed wells may deplete aquifers, negatively affecting springs and reducing their ability to feed traditional canals. As a result, farmlands downstream of these canals lack water and are abandoned unless new irrigation systems fed by modern channels or main river water capture are implemented. Consequently, large parts of the traditional irrigation system are not maintained, leading to potential social inequalities and population migration seeking subsistence opportunities.
read our new paper about this issue.
https://t.co/2JbPiXmfF9

[Jaafar Jotheri جعفر الجوذري @JaafarJotheri]

See how the amount of water has rapidly dropped between 2022 and 2025.
The #oases community in the #Iraqi western desert 🏜 are dying in silence 🔕.
We can only get their voices heard by conducting scientific research about how their oases were destroyed by #groundwater mismanagement and climate change. We usually show the research results to decision-makers and politicians, hoping they will listen.
Please have a look at our publications
https://t.co/2JbPiXmfF9
and
https://t.co/0c0ZmaSGY9
and
https://t.co/3Ow0xahWwo
And others are on their way to publication

@LouiseRayne1
@DrMWdeGruchy @DeodatoTapete @FraCigna

[Manoochehr Shirzaei @shirzaei]

**** NEW PAPER ALERT ****
Just published in @Nature Cities, led by Dr. Ohenhen (@Leonardgeol) and in collaboration with two generations of researchers from @EOI_lab and @HIRSlab of @VT_Science, we map #sinkingland at 28 major #US cities. The results are eye-opening and concerning, but there is time to act! Congratulations, Leonard and team!
@UNUINWEH @vtgeosciences

link: https://t.co/FVL3PHmL9o

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

🔔 New paper alert! 🔔 @Land_MDPI
Environmental Challenges & Vanishing #Archaeological Landscapes: 🛰 #RemoteSensing Insights into the #Climate–#Water–#Agriculture–#Heritage Nexus in #Iraq
➡https://t.co/5x3cQMcFRx
@LouiseRayne1 @DeodatoTapete @JaafarJotheri @AbdulameerAlga1

[Louise Rayne @LouiseRayne1]

Google Earth Engine code for detecting change to archaeological sites using satellite images: https://t.co/RXDRvfyQyM

[Louise Rayne @LouiseRayne1]

A new paper with #GoogleEarthEngine code from me and my students and collaborators on vanishing archaeological landscapes in Iraq https://t.co/jx3rO2s9Fp

[Land MDPI @Land_MDPI]

📬Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Landscape Archaeology”

👩‍🏫Under the guidance of our Section Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Francesca Cigna, we are pleased to announce that our journal is currently recruiting.

🔗 https://t.co/jWJg5ha9Fs

#EBMember #recruiting

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

Might be of interest for @CAA_Int @AerialArchRG @GIAP_ICAC @EO_Indus @CLaSS_ERC teams?

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

👨‍🎓Open call for Editorial Board Members📑
@Land_MDPI is recruiting Editors for the #LandscapeArchaeology Section
🤠SECTION: https://t.co/l6hBq7L5PJ
👉🏼https://t.co/Ss15yZQRUh

#archaeology #heritage #CulturalHeritage #HistoricalLandscapes #geoarchaeology

[Francesca Cigna @FraCigna]

👨‍🎓Open call for Editorial Board Members📑
@Land_MDPI is recruiting Editors for the #LandscapeArchaeology Section
🤠SECTION: https://t.co/l6hBq7L5PJ
👉🏼https://t.co/Ss15yZQRUh

#archaeology #heritage #CulturalHeritage #HistoricalLandscapes #geoarchaeology

[SubRISK+ @SubriskEu]

At #EGU25 in Vienna, we presented “Integration of EO data into land subsidence risk mapping: Emilia-Romagna” poster. It was fantastic connecting with geoscientists & exploring how GIS, RS & AI can mitigate natural hazards!🛰️🌍
#naturalhazard #riskassessment #landsubsidence

[Geomatics MDPI @Geomatics_MDPI]

🎉Congratulations to the Editorial Board Members of Geomatics featured among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024!

🌍✨ This prestigious list, updated by Stanford University, highlights the most widely cited researchers globally. 👏

🔗https://t.co/YiegTil988