Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways. With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially ...

in which the planet’s north and south magnetic poles swap places. While such an event is not expected to happen any time soon, they have occurred periodically throughout Earth’s history—the last ...

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

While the magnetic north pole is on the move, the south magnetic pole is comparatively static. It’s moving northward, but at only about five to 10 kilometers per year, with hardly any movement ...

With the right preparations and technological solutions in place, aviation would continue to operate safely, even during a ...

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British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole. We now know that ...