The team found that the North Pole wandered over Europe when the magnetic field's poles started to flip positions, a natural process that has happened around 180 times over Earth's geological history.

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which remains fixed, magnetic north is shaped by the chaotic flow of molten iron within Earth’s outer core. This restless movement of metal generates the planet ...

The magnetic north pole’s movement, which has suddenly accelerated toward Siberia this century, raises questions about what’s driving the unusual shift and why its motion matters.

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.

Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic and slowly moving north and east. But now, after a recent acceleration, it is closer ...

The new WMM has 10 times better spatial resolution than previous versions. Magnetic North Pole locations from 1590 to 2030. Image: BGS, UKRI, and Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996) ...

Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting due to disturbances in the geomagnetic field caused by charged particles from the sun. The shift impacts navigation and needs to be regularly accounted for.

The angle between Magnetic North and True North also changes over time, and the distance can be as much as 1,000 kilometers. The situation is the same for the South Pole, which is located opposite ...

The latest WMM map is 10 times more detailed than previous versions and is set to guide our journeys for the next five years — unless Earth’s magnetic behavior suddenly decides to go bonkers.

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

If the rapid movement persists, the magnetic North Pole could shift another 660 kilometres over the next decade. Scientists at BGS predict this could cause compasses to 'likely point eastward of ...