Earth's magnetic field is continuously changing.
Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the polarity gradually flips, so that a compass would point south instead of north.
Provided by European Space Agency
Earth's magnetic field is continuously changing.
Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the polarity gradually flips, so that a compass would point south instead of north.
Provided by European Space Agency
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