Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted and is now officially closer to Siberia than the Canadian Arcticafter traveling more than 2,200 kilometers since 1831, according to scientific research.
The latest update of the World Magnetic Model 2025, developed by NOAA and the British Geological Survey, confirms this data and also that Its speed has changed, as reported by the ECOticias.com portal.
Explain that After a long time moving at 50 or 60 kilometers a year, in recent times it has slowed down to about 35 kilometers per yearsomething that experts describe as “the largest slowdown measured so far.”
Geophysicist William Brown, from the British Geological Survey, summarizes the braking as a behavior “never observed until now”, which is why it attracts the attention of specialists.
Every five years, the World Magnetic Model is updated, the standard used by governments and companies to know exactly how the magnetic field is oriented at each point on the planet.
Such a model is used by civil aviation, commercial and military navies, underwater navigation systems and many others.in addition to mobile and car manufacturers, who integrate this data to correct digital compasses and maps.
The magnetic pole is the place where the Earth’s magnetic field points almost completely downward and that point moves over time, and in short, the same magnetic field that makes a compass work also helps protect life and technology on Earth, the ECOticias.com portal states.
(With information from Prensa Latina)
