★Doctor of Biology from the University of Seville, finalist for the Prismas Awards for popular science, Alvaro Luna Fernandez's latest masterpiece of environmental science!

Do you know who the hedgehog McFlurry is? Or that the misuse of plastic is not only a garbage problem, although each human being corresponds to about 40 kilos? Do you know the "techno-fossils"? Did you know that every year we manufacture 500 million plastic bottles? And that microplastics from the subsoil could affect crops? Or that they reach places so remote that they even reach the fauna of the Amazon? The biologist Álvaro Luna, author of A leopard in the garden, takes us on a journey through our plasticized planet, a world that surrounds us and that we hardly know．
Plastic pollution has become an environmental problem of global dimensions. It damages ecosystems around the world, and can even affect different aspects of our daily lives. This book is the first to scientifically explain what lies behind such a controversial topic.
Plastic is a symbol of our civilization. It is moldable, light, elastic, cheap, and has properties that make it very useful as a thermal and electrical insulator; In addition, its application in the health field has saved an immeasurable number of lives. However, its indiscriminate use has generated an impact on nature that we are only now beginning to see. Currently, tons of plastic - from millimeter pieces to others of tens of meters - are distributed throughout the world. The sea, rivers and lakes, the land we walk on, the subsoil ... plastic seems to reach every corner of the planet, damaging a multitude of species, and in a way ourselves. How far does it reach according to science? Can we do something to reverse this problem?

Álvaro Luna (Huelva, 1987) is a Doctor of Biology from the University of Seville. He currently coordinates scientific and conservation projects focused on the relationship between humans and nature. As a popularizer, he has published A leopard in the garden, a finalist for the Prismas Awards for popular science in 2018. In addition, he collaborates in science and nature popularization magazines, and in radio programs on the same subject.