It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially ...
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...
"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...
While the magnetic north pole is on the move, the south magnetic pole is comparatively static. It’s moving northward, but at only about five to 10 kilometers per year, with hardly any movement ...
As a result, its northernmost point is always on the move. British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic ...
Notably, unlike the geographical North Pole, the magnetic north pole of the planet is decided by Earth's magnetic field, which is constantly moving and ... 1,609 kilometres south of the north ...
Marking the North Pole is challenging, as it’s covered by moving sea ice ... This flips the magnetic north and south poles, and the change can last for tens of thousands of years.