From time to time, every few hundred thousand years or so, the Earth's magnetic poles have been known to “flip” – but why?

Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, refer to the movement of Earth's magnetic north and south poles. Unlike the geographic poles, which are fixed, magnetic poles ...

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

The time period, which spans 770,000 to 126,000 years ago, started with a reversal of the planet’s magnetic field. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The ...

Earth’s magnetic field is not fixed—it drifts, flips, and even weakens over time, altering navigation and planetary protection from solar radiation. Since its discovery in 1831, magnetic north ...