Everyone has at least one childhood memory tied to nature. Catching fireflies at dusk. Listening to frogs at night. Watching monarchs flutter in a field. As scientists sound the alarm over the rapidly changing environment and extraordinary loss of animal species, the debate over the role humans play in the changing world is dividing individuals and organizations into warring camps. The psychological toll of the debate serves as the backdrop to the ecological disruption and emotional loss everyday people experience working and living on the front lines of climate change.