Updates on its location – essential for everything from consumer electronics to runway names – are coming thick and fastEarth’s north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in recent decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really was, nearly a year ahead of schedule.The magnetic north pole is moving about 34 miles (55 kilometres) a year. It crossed the international date line in 2017, and is leaving the Canadian Arctic on its way to Siberia. Continue reading…
Via: Polar express: magnetic north pole moving 'pretty fast' towards Russia

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