Understanding the Mystique of Magnetic Pole Shifts Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, refer to the movement of Earth's magnetic north and south poles. Unlike ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nature reporter Alex Witze about a rapid shift in the Earth's magnetic poles. There's some strange movement at the top of the globe right now. The north magnetic pole ...

For centuries, the magnetic north pole steadily tracked along Canada's northern shore. But in recent decades, it has taken a new path, accelerating across the Arctic Ocean toward Russia's Siberia ...

From 1999 to 2005, Earth’s magnetic north pole went from shifting nine miles at most each year to as much as 37 miles in a year. Nature Geoscience Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting ...

Rapid shifts in the Earth's north magnetic pole are forcing researchers to make an unprecedented early update to a model that helps ships, planes and submarines in the Arctic navigate, scientists say.

However, the North Magnetic Pole has actually been moving gradually since away from the location it was first documented back in the 1830s. Now, scientists say we may finally understand why it’s ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

The North Pole could shift 90 feet west by 2100; The magnetic poles aren't fixed and wander a bit ... which is what's allowing the north magnetic pole to move toward Siberia, the Nature ...

The magnetic north pole is once again on the move—this time inching ever closer to Siberia. Scientists have updated the World Magnetic Model as the magnetic north pole shifts closer to Siberia ...

Ancient humans used sunscreen to survive a deadly magnetic pole shift. An artistic impression of what the aurora might have looked like 41,000 years ago during the Earth's polar reversal.

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...