North Pole Shifting From Canada To Russia Can Lead To Strong Solar Storms

Harin - May 11, 2020

Believe it or not, one of the Earth’s north poles is moving from Canada to Siberia in Russia at 50-60km per year, and this could cause strong solar storms.

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Most people think that the Earth’s north and south pole are fixed and there is only one north pole. But, this isn’t true. Believe it or not, one of the Earth’s north poles is moving from Canada to Siberia in Russia at 50-60km per year.

It is worth noting that the shift in the position only happens to only one north pole. There are three in total. One geographic pole has to do with the rotation axis of the planet. One geomagnetic pole is a classic dipole. And the last is the north magnetic pole, where magnetic field lines are horizontal with the surface.

Earth North Poles — There are three north poles in total.

It is because the magnetic fields of the Earth aren’t dipolar, resulting in the difference between the north geomagnetic pole and the north magnetic pole.

European scientists have discovered the shift of the north magnetic pole and gave an explanation for this. According to Leads University researchers, the shift was the result of two magnetic blobs’ competition on the edge of the outer core.

To put it simply, a change in the molten material’s flow, which is in the Earth’s interior, has led to the drift of the magnetic pole. Dr. Phil Livermore explained:

The north magnetic pole was first discovered in the 1830s by James Clark Ross in the Nuvanut territory of Canada. Since the 1990s, scientists have recorded very fast movements of the pole. And then, in late 2017, it moved closer to the geographic pole, only a few hundred kilometers away.

North Pole — The north magnetic pole was first discovered in the 1830s by James Clark Ross in the Nuvanut territory of Canada.

The movement was recorded by Dr. Livermore and his colleagues using the satellite data that has been measuring the Earth’s magnetic field revolution for the last 20 years.

The team’s latest model predicts that the magnetic pole will move even further towards Russia. And then it will slow down eventually. The Leeds scientist also added that whether the pole would move back in the future would remain a mystery.

North Pole Shifting — the magnetic north pole is moving from Canada to Siberia in Russia at 50-60km per year.

The shift can possibly lead to an increase in the occurring of strong solar/geomagnetic storms, thus damaging satellites, distorting telecommunication and GPS signals, etc.