The reason you are hearing so much about global warming and its (often supposed) effects these days is because it is hype prior to the COP 28 climate conference in Dubai which begins November 30. Big Climate wants to build support for draconian measures to "save the climate." Unlike, say, Denver (very close to Boulder, home of hundreds of climate scientists), Dubai is hardly a hotbed of climate research. Virtually all of the thousands of participants will have to fly -- putting thousands of unnecessary tons of CO2 into the air. All of this could be done over Skype. That stated, Emirates Airlines made a very cool video welcoming people to Dubai about 1.5 years ago. It is below.    And, another cool video shows how the above was made.  That said, it is the height of hypocrisy for tens of thousands to fly thousands of miles to Dubai to tell the rest of us to cut our carbon footprints.