the magnetic south pole — the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the magnetic field points straight into the planet — doesn't move in quite the same way. But changes in the strength of the ...

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Sometimes the magnetic North Pole and South Pole do switch places. So how does the shifting of these fields differ from the flip? To put it plainly, the shifting happens over the course of ...

Geographic north, which is a straight line between wherever you are on the planet and the (geographic) North Pole, doesn’t actually point at the north magnetic pole at all. It’s a bit ...

If you bring a north pole and a south pole together, they will attract. Earth's core contains liquid iron which moves around. Iron is magnetic so the liquid iron causes Earth to have a magnetic field.

Some animals that migrate across the globe, such as birds, salmon, lobsters and sea turtles, are known to navigate using the magnetic field lines that stretch from Earth's North to South Pole.