Monica Bini

The main topics of interest are: Climate change, Geoarchaeology, Coastal and Fluvial Geomorphology.
In the field of geoarchaeology the studies are based on a strongly integrated multidisciplinary approach, which includes remote-sensing analysis validated by geomorphological and geophysical investigations, historical cartography, topographic data, stratigraphic and tephrostratigraphic data.
In the field of coastal and fluvial geomorphology, studies have been addressed to palaeogeography and to the current evolution of different coastal and alluvial plains in the Mediterranean Basin (Arno, Magra, Cheyan) and in the Patagonian Coastal Plain (Argentina).
All these activities (on geoarchaeology, fluvial and coastal geomorphology) are designed to enhance palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of man-environment interaction. Particular emphasis was placed on the natural and anthropogenic climate changes with their societal effects in the Holocene (with particular regard to the 4.2 ka BP Event and to the Roman period).
In recent years, I have investigated the changes in the rainfall and temperature regimes by using long time series. The aim of these studies is to improve knowledge on the synoptic assets and to understand how these can influence the climatology of the Mediterranean in relation to current global warming. In this context, focusing attention on the alluvial and coastal plain management, using artificial intelligence techniques, I collaborated on the development on flood early-warning systems and water resource protection systems.

Principal Investigator of:
-project (2023-2025 project) “Mitigazione degli effetti degli emungimenti e dei cambiamenti climatici nelle pianure costiere con l’utilizzo di data science” (FENICE) Tuscany Region (call POR FSE)
-the Collaboration agreement (2022-2025) between Earth Science Department and Consorzio di Bonifica Toscana Nord for the study of territory management in a climate change context.
-project (2022-2024) project “Variazioni di frequenza delle alluvioni dell’Arno negli ultimi 3000 anni e loro effetti” (PRA - Progetto di Ricerca Ateneo Università di Pisa
-project (2016-2018) “Climate and alluvial extreme Events in Versilia: past, present and future.” Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca 2016-2018.
-project (2019-2021) "Cambiamenti globali e impatti locali: conoscenza e consapevolezza per uno sviluppo sostenibile della pianura Apuo-versiliese" Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca 2019-2021.
-project (2020-2022) Preistoria all'Antropocene: Nuove Tecnologie per la valorizzazione dell'eredità culturale della Versilia (PANTA_REI) Tuscany Region (call POR FSE 2014-2020 Asse A).

Guest Editor of special Issues:
-2020 ""Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impact on Coastal Environments" Water issue 1 , 2020 (Bini M. and Rossi V.)
-2019 “The 4.2 ka cal BP event” Climate of the Past, Issue 15, 2019 (Rousseau, D.-D., Zanchetta, G., Weiss, H., Bini, M., Bradley, R.S.)
-2018 “Urban Landscapes in the Mediterranean Basin and Beyond” Geoarchaeology Vol 33 (1) (Bini M., Fabiani F., Pappalardo M., Shuldenrein J.)
-2012 “The transition from natural to anthropogenic-dominated environmental change in Italy and the surrounding regions since the Neolithic” Quaternary International, vol n. 303. (Zanchetta G., Bini M., Cremaschi M., Magny M., Sadori L.)

Institutional roles:
Since 2024: President of McS Course in Environmental Sciences, Pisa University
Since 2022: vice coordinator of the PhD school in Geosciences and Environment at Pisa University,
Since 2018: Responsible for the research enhancement and Pubblic engagemet activities for the Earth Sciences Department
Since 2024: Committee member of PhD school of the PhD school of national interest in Earth Processes and Management of Resources and Risks for a Resilient Society and Territory, Bari University
Since 2022: Head of the Environment and Climate Laboratory or the Earth Sciences Department (https://labclimambiente.