![Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift? Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift?](http://astronomy.com/~/media/9205209B002147AA91A75461211A9069.jpg)
Our magnetic poles shifted in the past. Are we overdue for another shift, and how will that affect our electronics, the continents, and the Sun's effect on us while the poles shift?
![Recent north magnetic pole acceleration towards Siberia caused by flux lobe elongation | Nature Geoscience Recent north magnetic pole acceleration towards Siberia caused by flux lobe elongation | Nature Geoscience](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41561-020-0570-9/MediaObjects/41561_2020_570_Fig1_HTML.png)
Recent north magnetic pole acceleration towards Siberia caused by flux lobe elongation | Nature Geoscience
Over the last 40 years, has the magnetic pole, toward which all our compasses point, moved by an average of about 30 miles per year? - Quora
![Shifting Magnetic North may be caught in 'tug of war' between Canada and Siberia - The Weather Network Shifting Magnetic North may be caught in 'tug of war' between Canada and Siberia - The Weather Network](https://images.twnmm.com/c55i45ef3o2a/28ugi5EeKlpNq0cmwZMQPo/9d6c637a996d9c30c61d55b3300c90da/Magnetic-North-Differences-2015v2-NOAA.jpg?fit=scale&w=600&q=80&fm=jpg&h=400)