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The amount of coverage the media dedicate to climate change, along with how they frame the issue, can influence audience awareness, perception, and understanding of climate change. These aspects of climate change coverage have varied among countries, and few studies have analyzed coverage by Mexican media. This study analyzed 1047 climate change stories published by the Mexican newspaper El Universal from 2007 and through 2015. Three research questions were addressed: (1) If the amount of climate change coverage in El Universal varied over time, with what events, if any, did these changes appear to be associated? (2) What frames has El Universal used in its stories about climate change? (3) If El Universal attributed information to specific sources, what sources did it identify? Stories analyzed were identified and accessed through the LexisNexis database.