Climate Compass on MSN
Why Earth's Magnetic Poles Wander More Than You Think
Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point ...
Stars Insider on MSN
Scientists observe unprecedented movement of the magnetic North Pole
The Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting. While this has been a gradual process for centuries, recent observations have ...
Discover Magazine on MSN
When Will Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip? Probably Not Anytime Soon — Here’s How We Know
Will the pole shift actually happen? Discover more about Earth’s magnetic poles and how they’ve shifted in the past.
The magnetic north pole just isn’t where it used to be. Ever since the British polar explorer James Clark Ross first identified it on the Boothia Peninsula in Canada’s Nunavut territory in 1831, ...
ScienceAlert on MSN
NASA Is Tracking a Vast Anomaly Growing in Earth's Magnetic Field
For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the ...
Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...
Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to ...
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