an important thing that just happened is the project that puts together a map of the magnetic field strengths and alignments across the planet every 5 years, and make forecasts about the direction they expect it to change. well, 5 years ago they had to revise it a year early because it was affecting so many industries, especially aviation and navigation. these people are now saying that they have to do this again. second 5 year cycle that has wildly diverged from their forecast. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/world-magnetic-model - The WMM predicts an intensification of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) between 2025 and 2030. - The WMM uncertainty analysis presented in the report has been updated with new data, resulting in a slightly revised error budget. - The WMM report provides altitude ranges for varying levels of geomagnetic activity. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/world-magnetic-model-receives-upgrade "error budget" their forecast was already totally known to be wrong months ago. error budget