Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

The World Magnetic Model, which predicts the difference between magnetic north and true north at every point ... that motion produces an electric current. The electric current in turn generates ...

The magnetic north pole has shifted over 400 km from Canada towards Russia in the past century due to changes in Earth's molten core. Scientists use the World Magnetic Model to monitor this ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the position of the magnetic ... these points are is crucial. "The current behaviour ...

Scientists (hopefully) won’t check back in on magnetic north’s true placement until the tail end of 2029. Darren lives in Portland, has a cat, and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our world ...

You’ll guess that two of them are true North ... in the south of England. Magnetic North has been on the move at some pace over the last few decades, from a position somewhere in the Canadian ...

However, the North Magnetic ... position that is affected by the movements of the planet’s core. And, as this position changes, so too does the North Pole’s location. Scientists say that the ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic ... also known as the true North Pole, is fixed. By comparison, the magnetic north pole is the northernmost convergence ...