Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In about every five years, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the British Geological Survey ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially being changed, continuing its shift away from Canada and towards Siberia.

On Dec. 17, the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) released an updated version of the World Magnetic Model, a prediction for how Earth's ...

Earth’s magnetic north has just crossed an invisible threshold in the Arctic, slipping into a region that modern navigation models have never charted in detail. The shift is subtle on a map but ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. If you are using ...

(CNN) — If you are using your smartphone to navigate, your system just got a crucial update. Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the ...