Check your compass again – Earth’s north magnetic pole is moving toward Siberia.
Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic and slowly moving north and east. But now, after a recent acceleration, it is closer to Siberia than to Canada, according to analyses by international groups of scientists.
The shift will prompt airplane operators, mariners, drilling companies and global trade industries to update their navigation systems. Updates will also improve the accuracy of technology from GPS-enabled phones to nuclear submarines.
“The current behaviour of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before,” William Brown, a global geomagnetic field modeler at the British…