Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

The magnetic north pole is distinct from the geographic North Pole, a fixed point where the Earth’s axis meets its surface. Instead, magnetic north is the changing location where the planet’s magnetic ...

10-30 miles above the surface. When this band of winds, normally ringing the North Pole, weakens, it can split. The polar jet stream can mirror this upheaval, becoming weaker or wavy. At the ...

The temperature swing is a 180-switch from the nearly 10 inches of snow that fell in a day in north Florida in late January, ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the ... harmful solar radiation and keeps solar winds from stripping away Earth’s atmosphere.

Now, new information on the mysterious base has come to light. Camp Century was built in 1959 and was operational for seven ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift toward ...

AND SO THAT COULD, IF IT IS CARRIED FAR ENOUGH UP TOWARDS THE NORTH, WHICH I BELIEVE IT WILL BE WITH THOSE WINDS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN AT THE SURFACE. SO AREAS IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

The geographic North Pole (or “true north”) is where Earth’s axis meets its surface and is a fixed point on the globe. The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point, is about 1,200 ...