The North Pole Is Moving

There was a time when the Earth's magnetic field had entered into a weakened state. We know that the magnetic field is created through the interactions between the inner and outer core. But recently, the magnetic north pole of the Earth has been detected to be moving toward Siberia.

Earth's geographic north pole is fixed. But the planet's magnetic north pole — the north that your compass points toward — wanders in the direction of Siberia at a rate of more than 34 miles per year.

That movement may seem slow, but it has forced scientists to update their model of Earth's magnetic field a year earlier than expected so that navigational services, including map-based phone apps, continue to work accurately.

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