It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

Every five years, the location of the Magnetic North Pole is updated. In the latest model, it continues its shift toward ...

are driving the shift in magnetic north. Sometimes the changes are dramatic enough to require an immediate update, outside of the usual five-year cycle. We now have a more accurate map of magnetic ...

"The continuous shift is an issue for compasses in mobile phones and some consumer electronics. Aeroplanes and ships rely on magnetic north ... they know Google Maps will get them where they ...

(BGS) And as the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic ... Now we have a more accurate map of magnetic north, one that should be good for another half a decade.