The race-against-time rescue story of a Norwegian cargo ship stranded in the North Atlantic in the path of a fierce tornado.

Experts look at the history and power of volcanoes and ask if modern cities face annihilation in a mega-eruption.

Andrew Muir - Rolex Awards For Enterprise 2008

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Many of the world's best salvage teams have tried and failed to move the 'wreck that will not die' off the Oregon coast. Meet t...

Cancun, Mexico, ferry the Arcangel, after a vicious storm is grounded on one of the most precious reefs in the world. Hundreds ...

Salvage operations rely on brains as well as brawn. Off the Gibraltar coast a salvage team uses high-tech equipment to device a...

Take a closer look at one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Scientific breakthroughs from 2008 will form the core of this year’s Earth Report. Young high-energy experts from around the...

In 2008, innovative thinking for the city of the future gave birth to some exciting new ideas. The hot topic of the year: the ...

Millions of the world’s poorest populations in 2008 suffered severe food shortages as crops failed and food prices spiked.

Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands was the site of 23 nuclear weapons tests by the United States. 50 years after the testing,...

Research has found 90% of Atlantic hurricanes were preceded by lightning storms over the highlands of East Africa in Ethiopia. ...

May 2nd, 2008 Cyclone Nargis slammed the nation of Myanmar, killing nearly 130,000 people. Typhoon, cyclones, and hurricanes de...