Earth’s magnetic North Pole is moving toward Russia — here’s what it means

Earth’s magnetic North Pole is moving toward Russia — here’s what it means. The magnetic North Pole is on a journey toward Russia in a way that has not been seen before.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) works with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce the World Magnetic Model, which predicts where the magnetic pole should be at any one time.

For centuries, scientists have tracked the pole — updating the model every five years — as it moved closer to the coast of northern Canada; then in the 1990s, it drifted into the Arctic Ocean before picking up the pace toward Siberia in Russia, according to The UK Times.

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