This could be a sign that the poles are going to switch in the next 100 years or sooner. This apparently happens every few hundred thousand years or so. It could cause some issues worse than just our compasses being screwed up for up to a couple hundred years.
https://futurism.com/web-sensors-uncover-secrets-deep-oceans
Sorry for the messed up link, here is the correct one:
https://futurism.com/earths-magnetic-poles-overdue-switch
Thank you. Yours were the posts I’d been waiting for thinking I should post them myself. I believe you both may be right.