In 1997, research is being conducted on the space station Florida Arklab to control the weather. There, two astronauts, Max Marek and Billy Hayes, explore the possibilities of using microwaves to influence the climate and weather patterns on Earth. When a revolution occurs in Saudi Arabia, the weather control technology is to be misused for military purposes.

"From the first minute on The Noah's Ark Principle gives the impression of being more than the debut of a Munich film student. Emmerich shows in his first feature all the things that will make him big later on." (kino-zeit.de)