NASA monitors the South Atlantic Anomaly, a growing magnetic field disturbance affecting satellites and spacecraft.

“We need the Earth’s magnetic field to preserve water on the planet,” Tarduno tells Live Science. “But it is sort of an interesting twist that during the Ediacaran, the really weak ...

The latest version of the Earth's magnetic field map, which serves as a reference for vessels and aircraft when they set their course, has been released. The new map shows that the magnetic north ...

This is the European Space Agency's spectacular new view of ocean tides as they sweep around the Earth ... components of the global field. Crustal magnetic map: The addition of aeroplane and ...

The World Magnetic Model, which predicts the difference between magnetic north and true north at every point on Earth ... told Live Science. "The same is true with the magnetic field.

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible since this shields us from harmful cosmic radiation and charged ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest ...

By studying robins, scientists have found clues to how birds sense the Earth's magnetic field. Just as you might reach for a magnetic compass to find which way is north or south, birds are thought ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration? Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa ...