A giant weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field is now half the size of Europe

After analyzing 11 years of magnetic field data from the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite constellation, researchers have found that a large weak zone in Earth's magnetic field over the South Atlantic has grown dramatically. This region, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, has expanded since 2014 by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe.

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