It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

Every five years, the location of the Magnetic North Pole is updated. In the latest model, it continues its shift toward ...

North Pole shifts towards Siberia, updating Earths magnetic map tenfold Magnetic North Poles rapid transition prompts updates for navigation systems and maps ...

Experts from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the British Geological Survey joined forces, as they do every five years, to produce a new, more accurate global magnetic model.

Discover what's going on at the north pole, as scientists work to update the world's GPS systems to account for strange magnetic activity.

Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting from Canada to Siberia ... update the World Magnetic Model (WMM). WMM is actually a map of Earth’s magnetic field. As per NOAA, WMM “provides precise ...

There are two types of poles on Earth: the geographic and magnetic poles. The geographic North Pole "stays at the same place, as it is where all lines of longitude converge," while the magnetic North ...