This geological gust was enough to send Earth’s magnetic North Pole skittering across the globe. The place to which a compass needle points is shifting toward Siberia at a pace of 30 miles a year.

"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...

In the recent past, the magnetic North Pole has moved 34 miles a year toward Russia. Just a half-century ago, the magnetic North Pole was wandering about 7 miles each year. Movement of Earth's ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's some strange movement at the top of the globe right now. The north magnetic pole, which has been used for navigation for centuries, is shifting east - and it's shifting ...

A globe on a blue background. The Earth's magnetic North Pole is racing toward Siberia after centuries of being off the Canadian coast. Snezhana Kudryavtseva/Getty ...

We had made it to the summit of the globe, the North Pole. A table had been set up beside the Russian transport. Champagne, vodka, frozen cans of American beer, fried chicken, ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

The North Pole is probably one of the worst places on the planet for a workshop full of toys. If Santa Claus really set up shop at the northernmost point on the globe, he'd have to wear a wetsuit ...

Despite its news value in the media, the North Pole being ice free is not in itself significant. To scientists, Serreze points out, "this is just another point on the globe".

That’s a sign that the chilly ice cap at the North Pole, which helps cool the entire planet, is inexorably eroding, scientists say. That, in turn, could alter weather patterns in distant places.

Facts about the North Pole, ... , if you think of earth as a spinning top, then the very top of the globe is where the North Pole is located.