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.

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s magnetic north and its chaotic and relatively unpredictable movements.

Hoping to keep tabs on the magnetic north's wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, ...

This image shows magnetic declination, or the angle between magnetic and geographic north, according to the World Magnetic Model released in 2025. Red is magnetic north to the east of geographic ...

NOAA officials announced today the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a representation of Earth’s large-scale magnetic field and… Thursday, June 5, 2025.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) works with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce the World Magnetic Model, which predicts where the magnetic pole should be at any ...

The magnetic north pole has been drifting away from the Canadian Arctic at a brisk 55 kilometers — about 34 miles — per year, with ramifications for military and civilian travelers.

In conjunction, they make the World Magnetic Model, that predicts where the pole should be at any time. The model plays a role in the GPS systems we use on a day-to-day basis. “Planes, ...

In a new report from NOAA, the “World Magnetic Model” for 2020 is revealed, and it shows that the pole is speeding toward northern Russia. That trend, however, is expected to change.

The latest version of the World Magnetic Model (WMM), one of the key tools developed to model the change in Earth's magnetic field, has been released. Developed by NCEI and ...