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Drawing upon the theoretical frameworks of eco-translation and ecolinguistics, this study employs an ecocritical discourse analysis to compare how climate change is translated into specialized scientific language and subsequently translated for broader public consumption.   The central problem addressed is how climate change undergoes transformations during these two translational steps (from physical phenomena into scientific discourse and from scientific discourse into public discourse), and how these transformations shape meaning making, meaning taking, and potential responses. It is a qualitative, empirical research which utilizes ecocritical discourse analysis. The corpus comprises two distinct sets of texts. For scientific discourse, Beyond Global Warming: How Numerical Models Revealed the Secrets of Climate Change and for public discourse, the top ۱,۰۰۰ highly engaged tweets on Twitter (now X) using the hashtag #climate_change are chosen. This study examines climate change discourse through the eight story forms of ideology, framing, metaphor, evaluation, identity, conviction, erasure, and salience. Based on Stibbe’s framework, the research is guided by the following questions: ۱. How is climate change translated into scientific discourse through these discursive features? ۲. How is climate change translated into public discourse through these discursive features? ۳. In what ways do scientific and public discourses differ in their translated representations of climate change when analyzed through these discursive features? The results showed several key differences. Scientific discourse prioritizes precision, uncertainty, and institutional authority, while public discourse emphasizes urgency, emotion, and moral framing. These distinctions reflect not only contrasting rhetorical goals but also the transformation of meaning through a multi-layered translation process—from the abstract realm of physical phenomena and data into culturally situated and ideologically charged narratives. This study highlights the translational dimensions of climate change, where it circulates between scientific and public discourses.