Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
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.
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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Moving: Why It’s Happening And What It Means
"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Has Officially Moved—Again
And so the new model confirmed that we were not very far off,” Arnaud Chulliat, a research scientist from UC-Boulder told CNN. Scientists (hopefully) won’t check back in on magnetic north’s true ...
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Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Officially Moving – Scientists Just Updated Its Location
"Magnetic north has been moving slowly around Canada since the 1500s ... from South Africa to the UK in a straight line would leave you 150 km (93 miles) off course by the end, if you used the old WMM ...
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Earth’s north magnetic pole is on the move again
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 ...
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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
The magnetic north pole’s movement ... it would leave you 93 miles off course by the end of your trip, per the statement. The WMM update also comes amid broader scientific discussions about ...
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Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
scientists verified the accuracy of the previous model’s predictions about where magnetic north would end up by 2025, Chulliat said. “The forecast was very good,” he said. “And so the new ...