In addition to changing the Earth’s rotation, dams have caused a global decrease in water levels. Dams have long been one of ...

In 2024, researchers transformed readings of an epic upheaval of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago into an ...

In the recent past, the magnetic North Pole has moved 34 miles a year toward Russia. Just a half-century ago, the magnetic North Pole was wandering about 7 miles each year. Movement of Earth's ...

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.

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, ...

It has a north and south magnetic pole, separate from the geographic poles, Like most planets in our solar system, the Earth has its own magnetic field. Thanks to its largely molten iron core, our ...

Earlier this year, scientists revealed that Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting faster than anyone had predicted. Polar shifts aren’t uncommon and we’ve long known … ...

Magnetic north versus ‘true north’ At the top of the world in the middle of the Arctic Ocean lies the geographic North Pole, the point where all the lines of longitude that curve around Earth ...

Red is magnetic north to the east of geographic north; blue is to the west. BGS/UKRI/Wessel, P./W. H. F. Smith via CNN Newsource Pictured are the magnetic north pole locations from 1590 to 2030.