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Earth's Magnetic North Pole is Being Dragged Toward Siberia and Scientists Now Know Why

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A magnetic patch under Canada has become weaker, allowing a competing "lobe" to take control.

Last year, scientists announced Earth's magnetic north pole was moving toward Siberia at an unusually fast rate and they could not explain why. It had moved so far, so quickly, there had to be an unscheduled update to the World Magnetic Model (WMM), the representation of Earth's magnetic field used in navigation systems across the globe.

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