The complex motion of the outer core causes the magnetic north pole to shift tens of miles per year ... and users won't have to change anything for phone map apps to work properly.

The newest version shows that the Magnetic North Pole continues to shift away from Canada toward Siberia, but it has been slowing down. The WMM is a map of the Earth's magnetic field. The movement ...

"The continuous shift ... of the ‘Maps' part of the data comes from satellites and has absolutely nothing what-so-ever to do with the Earth being in a rush to switch its magnetic poles ...

Geographic north, which is a straight line between wherever you are on the planet and the (geographic) North Pole, doesn’t actually point at the north magnetic pole at all. It’s a bit ...

Dr. Arnaud Chulliat, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado, highlights that delays in updating the World Magnetic Model can amplify navigation errors. Dr. William Brown ...