The magnetic north pole is once again on the move, and this time it’s edging even closer to Siberia. Scientists have just released an updated version of the World Magnetic Model (WMM), marking the ...

As of now, the Earth’s magnetic poles have not flipped, but they are slowly drifting. The process of the magnetic poles "flipping," also known as geomagnetic reversal, happens over thousands of years, ...

An attempt was made: mammals While birds harness the power of the Earth’s magnetic field to traverse vast migratory routes, other animals have a more, uh… prosaic uses for it.

This image shows magnetic declination, or the angle between magnetic and geographic north, according to the World Magnetic Model released in 2025. Red is magnetic north to the east of geographic north ...

In past research, the stars, the Sun and the Earth’s magnetic field have all been implicated as means by which birds find their way to faraway places. A recent study has shed new light on how birds ...

Specifically, he thought they might use magnetic inclination – the changing angle of Earth’s surface relative to its magnetic lines – and magnetic declination – the difference in direction ...

But magnetic north doesn’t line up perfectly with true north, the point where the Earth’s axis hits the surface (and above which the North Star sits). The difference between magnetic and true north, ...

If magnetic north lies directly between you and true north, then you’ll have a declination of zero. But in most areas, you’ll have to add or subtract to what your compass reads as north.

In a paper recently published in the journal 'Science,' researchers found birds may be able to "see" the Earth's magnetic field, helping them know where to migrate.

All good topographical maps will state the magnetic declination in their key. Lastly, because the pull direction of Earth’s magnetic field varies according to where you are on the planet (it pulls ...