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For those of us who don’t know, WMM is actually a map of Earth’s magnetic field. It “provides precise navigational data for all military and civilian planes, ships, submarines, and GPS units ...

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) ...

As the spring equinox approaches, northern lights hunters will scour the skies for breathtaking displays of color.

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 ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favourite spots, scientists said Wednesday. Some animals that migrate ...

High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical ... “The utilization of the Zeeman technique to remotely map current-induced magnetic fields is really a game-changing approach to get these ...

Precisely how such species navigate remains undetermined, but growing evidence suggests the animals use the magnetic field of the Earth as a map and compass. To determine whether turtles can learn ...

PARIS — Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, scientists said on Wednesday. Some animals that ...