The Valencian animal park is a true climate refuge and has installed sensors at different points along the route to demonstrate the essential role of lush vegetation in regulating temperature and offering the necessary well-being to people in cities.
La surprise that many people show during the summer regarding the satisfactory impression of “much less heat” when visit BIOPARC It already has an empirical answer. The scientific concept is “thermal sensation”, increasingly frequent in meteorological information, and if in winter it is defined with the variables temperature and wind, in summer the determining factor is the percentage of humidity. In this sense, still in a primary phase, these have been collected data (temperature and humidity) in different parts of the park and result has been really convincing and very positive, because during the last heat wave from last week the figures point to more than -5ºC of thermal sensation when compared with the tourist center of the center of Valencia.
Specifically, we have been analyzing the thermal sensation at the time of maximum temperature of the day and the numbers of the AVAMET Micalet station (Valencian Meteorological Association) with those of the different BIOPARC devices, located in outdoor areas and public passages of the Central Boulevard (elephant lake theater and Ndoki restaurant with children's game) and the route to the equatorial jungles.
Al beginning of the month figures of more than -7ºC in the Kitum cave area, which houses the only underwater view of hippos in Spain and from where you can also see the herd of Elephants with the babies Malik and Makena. And already focused on full heatwave of San Lorenzo around August 10, when the thermal sensation in Micalet was 38,5ºC, in BIOPARC was extraordinarily more favorable on the way to the chimpanzee viewpoints, with 33,4ºC. To this we should add the freshness of the numerous waterfalls and watercourses along the roads and breeze frequent due to the location in the old bed of the Turia that makes the stay even more pleasant in the park.
During the last heat wave and taking the maximum daily temperature as a reference, the thermal sensation is noticeably more pleasant.
It is necessary to value these data that demonstrate the success of the BIOPARC approach as areas of recreation of wild nature in the city. In addition to bringing the beautiful untamed landscapes closer to raise awareness in society about the need to Protect the environment and participation in 100 international programs conservation of endangered species, BIOPARC are authentic climate shelters.
The design in accordance with the new urban ecology trends that try to re-naturalize by incorporating a combination of green and blue spaces contributes important benefits to the population. The lush masses of trees and vegetation not only mitigate the heat, but they are fundamental for combat climate change and regenerate air quality, by absorbing large amounts of CO2 and people's access to these green areas is being related to improving physical and mental health.
BIOPARC Valencia It is considered one of the best animal parks in the world and now offers in summer a trip through the most emblematic African habitats such as the savannah, equatorial forests, wetlands or the island of Madagascar, where you can see more than 6.000 animals of 150 species. different. And, likewise, it is a place for reconnect with nature and a center of “leisure with a cause” committed to protecting the biodiversity of our planet.
