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.

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.

"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

British scientists said the magnetic North Pole was moving rapidly toward Russia. Here's what that means.

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second ...

The construction of thousands of dams around the world since the 19th century has caused Earth’s poles to shift by more than 3.7 feet ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.