11 February 2019
Earth's magnetic north pole is on the move and its going fast
.... However, although prone to drifting on a regular basis, new updates from ESA’s swarm mission show that the magnetic north pole is shifting location more rapidly than before; just over three times as fast as it usually does. Without the...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... Menard, ESA’s Swarm manager, one likely reason is that Earth’s magnetic poles are getting ready to flip. “Data from our experimental satellites in the skies suggest the magnetic north pole has already moved down to Siberia,” he says. The assumption...