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'In a fragmenting world, convergent evolution feels like a reassurance.' In the last of our water-theme posts this month, we join Hannah Hindley on a s spectacular journey that takes us from a crystal-covered cave in the prehistoric landmass of Wrangallia, to the Panthalassa Ocean and out into the sky – pondering the salty seas on Jupiter's Moon and the ghost oceans of Mars. This essay is an extract from a longer piece, 'Convergences' – which can be found in Dark Mountain: Issue 21.

'Plastic comes from oil and like everything else on Earth, the origins of oil are deeply bound up with reactions forged between interstellar molecules and clouds of gas and dust in space' In the latest from our water series, Karen Lloyd draws a beautiful comparison between the plastic pollution of her local river inhabitants and the shifting patterns of the cosmos itself. 

Continuing our water-themed posts this month, James McGowan shows how getting one's feet wet can help bond a community together while restoring and re-inhabiting the local wild environment.

First of our watery posts this month, Warren Draper follows the currents of his homeland river Don in Yorkshire, and contemplates the radical act of immersion With music and video.

In the wake of our new issue, 'Abyss', Joanna Guthrie charts a year's botanical voyage through the Norfolk waterlands threatened by a major roadbuilding project.

The last of our excerpts from FABULA is Wayne Karlin's downriver journey through the ghostly shades of America's wars, with artwork from John Weeden

Our penultimate excerpt from Issue 18 is adrienne maree brown's short story about the rising of the waters, with artwork by Sunandini Banerjee

Sharon English encounters a 'radiant spirit of the New Year' en route to the Humber River in Canada and contemplates the dark and solitary places we go to in times of descent.