The South Atlantic Anomaly, a weak region in Earth’s magnetic field, is expanding.

Using data from @esa_swarm, an Earth Explorer mission within @esa’s FutureEO programme, scientists have found that the region has grown by an area almost half the size of Europe since 2014.

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— ESA Earth Observation (@ESA_EO) October 13, 2025