magnetic pole
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These changes are driven by complex activity in Earth's turbulent core and are connected to the gradual movement of the northern magnetic pole toward Siberia in recent years.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
This is distinct from the northernmost magnetic pole, which is the point where Earth's magnetic field points vertically downward, although the two locations are relatively close to each other.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
The northern lights appear in a region around the earth’s magnetic pole, called the “auroral oval” or “auroral zone”, explains Don Hampton, research associate professor at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
From National Geographic • Dec. 1, 2023
The X-rays originate from million-degree hotspots on a pulsar’s surface, where a powerful magnetic field rips charged particles off the exterior and slams them back down at the opposing magnetic pole.
From Nature • Mar. 3, 2020
It seemed Richard Parker was such a magnetic pole of life, so charismatic in his vitality, that other expressions of life found it intolerable.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
