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🌐The magnetic North Pole is shifting towards Siberia. How curious...🤔 foxnews.com/science/someth…
⚠️DELAYED ⚠️On Jan 30 (delayed due to the US Government shutdown), the World Magnetic Model which governs modern navigation systems is due to undergo an urgent update.
💥The magnetic field is changing so rapidly that researchers have to fix the model NOW💥 
😳A few months ago, Researchers from NOAA & the British Geological Survey had annual check of how well the model was capturing variations in Earth’s magnetic field. They realized that it was so inaccurate that it was about to exceed the acceptable limit for navigational errors.
We better get the changes made ASAP... nature.com/articles/d4158…
