Magnetic pole flips happen randomly, sometimes taking 10,000 to 50 million years. The last full reversal, the Brunhes–Matuyama event, occurred 780,000 years ago. Around 41,000 years ago ...

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point ... researchers are monitoring is the potential for a full magnetic reversal, during which the North and South Poles would flip entirely.

depends on pole stability. The current shift threatens its accuracy, impacting global systems. Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed nearly 200 times in 100 million years. Each reversal is linked ...

As Ron Merrill, a magnetic-field specialist at the University of Washington remarked when asked whether we're in for a reversal: "Ask me in 10,000 years, I'll give you a better answer." ...