Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes all can cause enormous damage, and predicting where and when they will strike is of great importance. Volcanologist Dr. Marie Edmonds has devised sensors that monitor the underground activity of magma to better predict future eruptions on the Caribbean island of Monserrat, the site of the massive 1995 eruption captured for this film. Geophysicist Dr. Ross Stein studied the earthquake repair records in Istanbul&♯39;s Hagia Sophia over the centuries to find clues about the history of earthquakes in Turkey. He discovers a pattern in quakes along the long North Anatolian Fault system, including the massively destructive quake at Izmit in 1999, and predicts the next earthquake just a few miles south of Istanbul. Dr. Joshua Wurman and his team chase tornados in trucks equipped with Doppler radar in an attempt to probe the interior of a tornado just as it is born.

　　《姚明之年》是一部纪录片，详细记录了姚明首个NBA赛季的经历。从成为NBA状元秀，到最初表现糟糕，再到适应NBA后突然爆发，影片没有放过姚明成长的任何一个阶段，其间还穿插有巴克利预言落空亲吻驴屁股、“姚鲨对决”的台前幕后等花絮。与此同时，影片还反映了姚明在翻译科林·潘的帮助下努力学习跨越语言和文化障碍，适应比赛和生活环境等。