Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, refer to the movement of Earth's magnetic north and south poles. Unlike the geographic poles, which are fixed, magnetic poles ...

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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Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

it produces its own magnetic field the magnetic field cannot ... field lines The needle of a plotting compass points to the south pole of the magnet. The behaviour of a compass shows that the ...

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.