Nope, just don't like 'academics' taking advantage of current events. I work in academia and see that kind of opportunism all of the time....
Who specifically do you think is taking "advantage" of current events in academia?
Most of the tsunami community is debunking the Canary collapse claims. It seems to me Simon Day became sort of a publicity hound (perhaps not intentionally, it's quite a narcotic to become such a celebrity for speculating about that Canary scenario) but that was long before this tsunami.