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The article explains how cultural orientations in Germany and in the U.S. contribute to the public perceptions about climate change and its reporting. Both German media and the U.S. media use a similar framework of vulnerability, despite their significant differences in the public understanding of climate change. In the U.S., global warming is defined as a tendency towards warmer conditions, while climate change in Germany is defined more broadly. Furthermore, in Germany all weather disasters are seen as consequences of climate change. Nevertheless, despite the differences in U.S. and German media coverage of science, both countries have very similar views on the assessment and projections of future climate change.