Reuters is already implying that global warming exacerbates the effects of tsunamis. It is actually a very artful exercise. Between fairly dry quotes from scientists, the reporter injects his own opinions, and to the unobservant they acquire the cachet and status of "Science".
Since most people are incapable of pointing to evidence in their everyday experience that indicates that the world is round or the earth circles the sun, for most people what purports to be "Science" is simply a matter of faith. The scientific priesthood pronounces and we believe. Only a person of very poor character doubts the certitude of Official Science as revealed in the texts of Big Media.
Of course, as Micheal Crichton so ably points out, science has nothing to do with consensus and everything to do with skepticism and inquiry.
I finished Crichton's book over the past weekend. It's a great book, and paints the picture clearly. Rush Limbaugh could have written it!