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Wind Farm in Ruy Barbosa/RN: a proposal to analyze the socio-environmental and technological impacts using the GLOBE Protocols
Organization(s):Escola Minas Gerais
Country:Brazil
Student(s):Dra. Maria Romênia da Silva — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa (Tempo Integral), Audilene Ambrósio Cordeiro — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa, Maria Clara Cordeiro de Souza — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa (Tempo Integral), Ian Jefferson Machado de Sousa — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa (Tempo Integral), Pedro Nicolas de Souza Farias — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa (Tempo Integral), Iandyson Muniz da Silva — Escola Estadual Rui Barbosa (Tempo Integral)
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Member(s):INES MARIA MAUAD
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Report Type(s):Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Earth As a System
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:2026-01-30
This research aims to analyze, from the perspective of the GLOBE Protocols, the main environmental, social, and technological problems caused by the implementation of the Wind Farm in the city of Ruy Barbosa/RN. In this context, the article presents a didactic proposal composed of three pedagogical activities, developed based on the results obtained from the theoretical data collection, derived from interviews with city residents about the installation of the Wind Farm. Therefore, we will use the GLOBE Observer application to collect experimental data and perform an analysis of the socio-environmental and technological impacts. In this article, we present the results and analyses of the interviews that our team conducted with some city residents, aiming to validate our research hypothesis. Based on the data collected, we verified that the implementation of the Rio do Vento Wind Farm Complex, which passes through the city of Ruy Barbosa/RN, has caused some impacts that have been perceived by the municipality's population over the years. The main impacts detected were a decrease in fauna and flora, noise production, alteration of the natural landscape, cracks in houses, and interference with TV and cell phone signals. Therefore, the topic addressed in our article is important for the ecosystem of the Ruy Barbosa community and is justified based on the aforementioned arguments.