ocean

Continuing our Dark Ocean sister series, search and rescue operative Alexander McMaster tells of harrowing missions to save people forced to attempt the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, in this standout piece from Issue 26. With an image from the issue by Max Gruff.

Returning to our series on the Dark Ocean, writer Carly Nairn brings us an essay around the egg: its mythos, its varied forms on land and in the dark depths, and its vulnerability in the face of human extraction. With a photogram image from Issue 26 by Anne Campbell.

Last in our series of selections from Issue 26: Dark Ocean, Roc Sandford brings us a haunting piece of fiction set on an isolated island, where our narrator keeps a diary of a damaged future that is still filled by the massive presences of weather, land and sea. With an etching of the remote island Tristan da Cunha by Ian Brooks.

Latest post from the just-published Dark Ocean: a re-imaginative charting of Cape Cod by Sarah B. Cahalan and a modern changeling story by M. Rose. With liminal artwork by Robin V. Robinson and Seb Bradshaw.

From our autumn special issue Dark Ocean, an extract from a story about an island made of rubbish in the climate-threatened Maldives. Lawrence Lenhart investigates the global garbage dump that is Thilafushi. With undersea photographs by Nick Brandt.

Submissions are now open for Dark Mountain's 26th book, a special issue that dives deep into the seven seas of the world

In the last of our water-theme posts, we join Hannah Hindley on a dramatic journey that takes us from a crystal-covered cave in the prehistoric landmass of Wrangallia, to the Panthalassa Ocean and out into the sky .

For The Vanishing series, Rupert Read considers the future of human societies , following in the wake of whales. With artworks by Angela Cockayne.

Latest in our Sea-Change series:, Ann Lingard, reveals the deep time layers of the Solway Firth and the impermanence of colonisation.

For our third post from the archive,, Steve Wheeler chooses Zedeck Siew's migration fable, 'Whalebone & Crabshell' first published in spring 2015. Illustrations by Sharon Chin