“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Did you know Earth's magnetic field is on the move? Recent studies reveal it's shifting at an astonishing rate—10 times ...

The Earth’s magnetic field shows marked variations in the polar regions, which are more susceptible to auroral activity and geomagnetic storms. These factors may influence satellite and aircraft ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

Earth's magnetic field lines travel in continuous closed loops. (Image credit: VectorMine via Getty Images) And just to make things that little more confusing, what we call the North Magnetic Pole ...

Planet Earth 150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa ...

Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the solar wind by deflecting the charged particles. And for some reason, the field has been drifting westward. (Image credit: CLAUS LUNAU/Getty) ...

The Earth's magnetic field is essential to life as we know it. But it’s something we can never see – or hear, until now. In a recent study released on Oct. 10 by the European Space Agency, ...

Earth’s magnetic field is essential to life on the planet, but it isn’t something that we can typically see or hear. It’s basically a shield that protects the planet from the cosmic ...

The timing puts the magnetic field in play around the same time life was first emerging on Earth.The oldest fossils on the planet — bacterial mats called stromatolites — date back 3.5 billion ...

The Earth's magnetic field is generated within the liquid core of our planet, by the slow churning of molten iron. Like the atmosphere and oceans, the way in which it moves is governed by the laws ...

An artist pictures Earth's interior. Getty Images. The Earth's magnetic field has persisted for billions of years, though its polarity has flipped many times.