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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
Every five years, they release a new edition of the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a tool used by GPS systems and navigation devices that maps the north magnetic pole. As of the latest revision, released ...
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Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
Global positioning systems, including those used by planes and ships, find magnetic north using the World Magnetic Model, as it was named in 1990. Developed by the British Geological Survey and ...
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Sea turtles shown to use magnetic ‘map’ to navigate ocean
Sea turtles are incredible cute creatures that also know their way around a map, at least a magnetic “map” in the oceans they traverse through their lives. That’s according to new research published ...
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The Magnetic North Pole's Mad Dash Is Slowing Down
Every five years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the British Geological Survey (BGS) jointly update the World Magnetic ... The WMM is a map of the Earth's magnetic field.