The Earth has always had a tilt to its axis of 23.5 degrees, which is why we have seasons and daylight saving time. But if you've felt a bit off-balance, you can blame your fellow humans: The pumping ...
Humans have been identified as the culprits behind a startling shift in Earth's axis by almost 31.5 inches (nearly 80cm), a recent study reveals. Climate change researchers uncovered this alarming ...
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially ...
Exactly where the axis of rotation meets Earth’s surface moves by about 30 feet (10 meters) per hundred years. According to the paper, that’s down to both the melting of the ice caps and the m ...
Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.
The answer lies not in our distance from the sun but in the tilt of the Earth’s axis. During January, the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun, leading to colder temperatures and shorter ...