Experts warn that "something" in the core of the Earth is causing the magnetic pole to shift. North Pole is shifting toward Siberia and raising concern ...

In contrast, magnetic north is the shifting location where Earth’s magnetic field lines point vertically downward, a result of the planet’s molten outer core generating a magnetic field.

When the flow of that liquid metal changes inside the Earth's core, it can cause the planet's magnetic field to shift as well. And when that happens, the magnetic core also gets a jolt ...

In the Earth (see image below right), the liquid ... which keeps the liquid metal moving through the magnetic field. The so-called Coriolis force also plays a role in sustaining the geomagnetic ...

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S ...

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 ...

If it weren’t for the magnetic field that surrounds our planet, blocking cosmic radiation and solar wind, Earth would likely have little atmosphere to speak of. Life (at least of the human variety) ...

When the Earth’s magnetic field is strong, as it is today, the amount of carbon generated by this interaction is relatively low, but it spikes when the magnetic field weakens and allows more ...

It creates the Earth's magnetic field and is about 1,400 miles (2,300 ... This creates very slow-moving currents as hot rock rises from the depths and cooler rock descends. The mantle is about ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration? Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa ...