To develop the model, they compared historic fire data from NASA's Terra satellite with sea surface temperature data in the tropical Pacific and North Atlantic oceans from buoys and satellite images compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (sciencedaily.com)
To model a world of ebbing and flowing burns, Krawchuk took historic fire data then mapped it forward using 16 models of changing climates from 2010 on, what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls global climate models (GCM). (sciencemag.org)
Hart did some research and uncovered grim numbers — an estimated 23,600 fires in residences per year are caused by candles, resulting in 1,525 injuries, 165 fatalities, and $ 390 million in property damage, according to the National Fire Data Center. (realtormag.realtor.org)