High on green hillsides overlooking the village of Fovant in Wiltshire, a dozen giant logos - some more than 50 metres across - can be seen carved into the chalk. These designs date back to the first world war, when…

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Japan's Mount Fuji (Fuji-san) is one of the most iconic and best recognised of any of Earth's volcano, and when GSS first launched we received…

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Volcanoes probably aren't the first thing you associate with Ethiopia, but Erta Ale is a particularly fine specimen. It may only be a little over…

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Newberry Volcano is an immense shield volcano located in central Oregon. In addition to a main volcanic caldera, the system is composed of many domes,…

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Rising up from the pastoral plains of Luzon Island in the Philippines is Mount Mayon, an active 2,400 metre-high stratovolcano. Known as the "perfect cone,"…

It’s Volcano Week 4 here at GSS. Volcanoes, about a week. You know the drill! Beauty sometimes erupts from utter disaster. Take, for example, the gorgeous crater lake that formed in the remnant bowl of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption…