Without the effects caused by the spinning Earth, the magnetic fields generated within the liquid core would cancel one another out and result in no distinct north or south magnetic poles.

The World Magnetic Model, which predicts the difference between magnetic north and ... the magnetic south pole — the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the magnetic field points straight ...

Earth is similar to a magnet bar and the north and south poles represent the two sides. The invisible magnetic field lines encircle the planet between the North and the South. This magnetic field ...

The magnetic field is shown by lines with arrows that point from north to south. You can tell how old some coins are by testing them with a magnet. 5p and 10p coins made before January 2012 are ...

If the Earth's field is disrupted ... are monitoring is the potential for a full magnetic reversal, during which the North and South Poles would flip entirely. While this has occurred many ...