Scientists Scramble To Keep Up With Fast-Moving North Magnetic Pole
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The fact that the Earth's magnetic poles are continuously in flux has been known for over 400 years. However, scientists have usually been able to accurately predict their pace for five years. But earlier this year, when researchers at NOAA and the British Geological Survey conducted their annual check to gauge the accuracy of their forecast, they realized the north magnetic pole had moved much faster than expected. Fearing the unforeseen deviation would cause problems for military and ocean navigation, the experts updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM) on February 4, 2019, almost a year ahead of schedule.
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- adroit_avimimus3년 이상That's so cool! It must be pretty fast if scientists are 'scrambling' to keep up with it!
- jkbear4년 이상cool
- Albert약 6년Respect the vets!!!!!!!
- Science geek 약 6년That is so cool! The magnetic poles are so interesting.
- Zaiden364약 6년I can rock'n'roll that!!
- QUAILS약 6년very nice
- QUAILS약 6년WOw this is a very informative article :) :)
- hi약 6년that is crazy
- Angel M6년 이상this is boring
- thesnowfox6년 이상I don't think this is boring.
- Quails6년 이상This is very good