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.

E arth's magnetic north pole has shifted again, moving closer to Siberia and away from its previous position in Canada. This ...

British scientists have recently revealed that Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting towards Russia at an accelerated speed ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift toward ...

The magnetic north pole has shifted over 400 km from Canada towards Russia in the past century due to changes in Earth's ...

While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints ...

The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North ... and it enters your position into the World Magnetic Model software to tell it what the magnetic field should look like.

Scientists have monitored the magnetic north pole for centuries. The World Magnetic Model (WMM) predicts its future position.

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