GPS systems, planes and military equipment track the magnetic field and rely on accurate models of magnetic north to function ...

British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole.

According to USA Today, the magnetic North Pole is not only moving, it's moving quickly.British scientists have been tracking the change, and they've discovered that the pole has been making a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — True north isn't quite where it used to be. Earth's north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that scientists that past estimates are no longer accurate ...

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 ...

The magnetic north pole has wandered away from the Canadian Arctic (solid blue line) and toward Siberia for about the past century, but it has considerably sped up over the past 20 years.

(CNN) — If you are using your smartphone to navigate, your system just got a crucial update. Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that ...