From time to time, every few hundred thousand years or so, the Earth's magnetic poles have been known to “flip” – but why?

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

Check your compass again — Earth’s north magnetic pole is moving toward Siberia. Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth’s magnetic poles are constantly on the move, but they haven’t drifted far ...

Earth’s magnetic field is not fixed—it drifts, flips, and even weakens over time, altering navigation and planetary protection from solar radiation. Since its discovery in 1831, magnetic north ...