Puzzling Point In Earth S Magnetic Field Explained After Almost 100 Years
The magnetic field in the Pacific region varies very little over time, compared with the rest of the planet. “This is something that has been a puzzle since the 1930s, when it was first noticed,” Mathieu Dumberry, from the University of Alberta, Canada, told Newsweek in an email. Dumberry is lead author on a study looking at the anomaly published in Nature Geoscience. Earth’s magnetic field is generated by movements within the planet’s liquid core....