What are we gonna do the North pole keeps shifting?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6579515/Scientists-warn-Earths-magnetic-North-Pole-begun-moving-erratically-speeds-50km-year.html
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digquickly say: Hmm, ..., we can't stop it. The shift is beyond our technological ability.
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Raymond say: They have been shifting for millions of years. If we had to do anything, we should have done it long ago.
Right now, it is an annoyance for airports, where landing strips numbering depends on the magnetic alignment of the runway, relative to magnetic north.
Runway "24" is the one that is aligned such that you would approach it on a heading of (approximately) 240 magnetic. This number identifies any runway with a alignment between 235 and 245 degrees (magnetic).
The same runway is also called "06" if you approach it from the other end.
Recently, some airports on the American east coast had to renumber their runways. Because of that, many aviation documents had to be reprinted (e.g., guides on approach patterns for each runway at each airport). Otherwise, if what you knew as runway 24 is now called runway 23, you might have a hard time finding the instructions for the approach.
"Eastern 245 Heavy, you are cleared to land on 23-Right."
Darn, my pilot book does not have a runway 23 for this airport.
As far as I know, this is the other major annoyance caused by the shifting magnetic pole. Nautical maps already have a magnetic rose printed for a specific date, with information on the annual variation, so that the navigator can do the correction without bothering anyone else.
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say: I live in Alaska; fairly close to the North Pole. I don't know about the magnetic part, but I can tell you that the weather has definitely changed rapidly over these last few years. I read about a shift in earth's magnetic field recently, but I would quote a better source than daily mail if I were you.
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rick29148 say: SURF THE NORTH POLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Clive say: No it isn't. The North MAGNETIC pole keeps moving around and it always has done. So what? The only difference it makes is to anyone who uses a magnetic compass for navigation.
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Ronald 7 say: And I keep Farting
The world keeps going round and round like the Wheels on the Bus
All day long
The Geographical North pole never changes but the Magnetic North pole is always changing over millenia
This can be shown through the Magnetic Flux on the Sea floor where the Mid Atlantic lies
It looks like zebra stripes
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Paula say: We need to use GPS to check our position and not rely on a compass.
Particularly up near the north pole.
Exactly the same thing is happening at the south pole.
All ships and airplanes use GPS these days so there is no problem.
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MARK say: This is not my field and I do not feel competent to comment on it but I would not use a tabloid newspaper like the 'Daily Mail' as a source of scientific fact. I would much prefer to get it from a reliable source.
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busterwasmycat say: adjust the settings on your compass.
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ksgentleman70 say: Wow. What are we gonna do about it?......hmmmmm......I know!.....I'll go on to the next question here at Yahoo! Answers.
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Jim say: Quick!
Warn Santa!
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Bill say: The north pole remains in the same place it has been. It doesn't shift around.
The magnetic pole does shift, always has and always will. The shift has no effect on you or anyone else, just changes slightly the point a magnetic compass points.
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rennhackrobert say: move to alaska for a tan.
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james say: Set back & watch it shift & its effects. It is also weakening. It does change weather & currents. I am sure soon. Governments will study it. Find out the cure for it. Then be right back to tell you how much more they need in tax money to cure it.
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Mr Atheist say: Global Warming
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Bill-M say: You mean the North MAGNETIC Pole.
Has no effect at all except for those of us still using Magnetic Compass.
The magnetic poles are Moving. They move under the influence of the dynamo currents in the Earth's core, as well as electric currents flowing in the ionosphere, the radiation belts and the Earth's magnetosphere. The North magnetic pole seems to be moving northward at an average rate of 10 kilometers per year. Yet there is also some elliptical motion to this general trend. On any given day, the magnetic pole may be as much as 80 kilometers away from its average position, depending on the geomagnetic disturbances in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
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poldi2 say: Yes, it keeps shifting and has done for centuries.
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Henry say: Realize that the earth is flat and infinite. There's an angel at each corner.
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Anjaree say: I won't move, no matter what.
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CarolOklaNola say: You cannot do anything . either can we. The north magnetic poles are constantly moving, and they have speeded up. There's nothing anyone can do. Let the experts do their jobs. AND PAY them.
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Davros say: The North Pole moves very slowly. About 17cm a year as the Earth wobbles a bit on it's axis. A fact entirely trivial to pretty much everyone except a few astronomers and satellite engineers.
You're talking about the magnetic north pole which is a whole different matter. Given how it is being generated it's no surprise it has no fixed position and is forever on the move. Right now it is moving faster than usual, out of Canada, over the top of the world and off towards Siberia.
The current movements of the magnetic north pole over into Russia require most of us to do absolutely nothing as it isn't relevant to our lives. However it is a concern for a handful of people working in fields like navigation, communication and meteorology who will have to recalibrate their instruments. It also means shipping operating in the seas off northern Russia and Canada will need to take more care with their navigation than usual.
Had you read the article you linked, you would already know most of that. However, given it's a link to the Dail Fail, I don't blame you for getting it double checked.
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