With the right preparations and technological solutions in place, aviation would continue to operate safely, even during a ...

Every few hundred thousand years, Earth’s magnetic poles flip, turning north into south and south into north. These ...

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A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

Over the last two centuries, the field has weakened by about 9 percent, per the Washington Post. Geophysicists have long speculated that the weakening of the magnetic field could signal a potential ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

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.

Earth's magnetic poles are shifting unpredictably, with rapid drifts and weakening fields raising questions about a possible future reversal and its global effects.