Posted: Jan 10, 2019 11:39 pm
You should edit the title. And no they are not "baffled". You don't really need to quote the tabloid headline 
Bit better source for the science section and what they do know about it.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586- ... 05680051=1
It is however interesting.
Bit better source for the science section and what they do know about it.
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Core questions
In the meantime, scientists are working to understand why the magnetic field is changing so dramatically. Geomagnetic pulses, like the one that happened in 2016, might be traced back to ‘hydromagnetic’ waves arising from deep in the core1. And the fast motion of the north magnetic pole could be linked to a high-speed jet of liquid iron beneath Canada2.
The jet seems to be smearing out and weakening the magnetic field beneath Canada, Phil Livermore, a geomagnetist at the University of Leeds, UK, said at the American Geophysical Union meeting. And that means that Canada is essentially losing a magnetic tug-of-war with Siberia.
“The location of the north magnetic pole appears to be governed by two large-scale patches of magnetic field, one beneath Canada and one beneath Siberia,” Livermore says. “The Siberian patch is winning the competition.”
Which means that the world’s geomagnetists will have a lot to keep them busy for the foreseeable future.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586- ... 05680051=1
It is however interesting.