The north magnetic pole is also moving towards Russia

The North magnetic Pole is moving towards Russia. The Times writes about this.

"British scientists have recorded unusual activity in the high latitudes of the Arctic — the north magnetic pole is moving towards Russia in an unprecedented way," writes the scientific correspondent of the publication Reese Blakely.

The North magnetic Pole is different from the geographical North Pole, which remains fixed at the point where all lines of longitude converge, the journalist explains. For centuries, the magnetic pole passed off the coast of northern Canada, drifted into the Arctic Ocean in the 1990s, and then picked up speed and headed for Siberia.

The Times cites data from the British Geological Survey that from 1600 to 1990, the magnetic pole moved about six miles per year.

The British Geological Survey is working with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create a global magnetic model that predicts where the pole should be at any given time.

"The model helps guide compass instruments in smartphones. It is also used by the military to control submarines in Arctic waters and plays a role in GPS systems," writes The Times.

"Airplanes, boats, submarines, whatever you want to call it, it's there," said William Brown, a global geomagnetic field modeler at BGS.

The movement of the pole is explained by unpredictable changes in molten iron, which makes up most of the outer core of the Earth.

"It's like a giant cup of tea,— Brown said. "It's a hot liquid with the viscosity of water."

A group led by Professor Phil Livermore from The University of Leeds suggests that the north magnetic pole has fallen into a kind of tug of war between two competing areas of magnetic force, one of which is under Canada and the other under Siberia.

According to Phil Livermore, the Canadian section seems to have become elongated and divided into two parts, and this increased the relative strength of the area under Siberia, which could explain the drift of the pole towards Russia.