Has there been any research on the possible effects of massive wind farming?

Question

Wouldn't slowing down huge currents of wind with massive wind farms change the flow of air and throw something in the environment off?

Answer 1

I've been wondering for a long time if anyone had the presence of mind to ask a question like this.  Yes, wind farms will have environmental effects because they extract energy from the wind.  Whether these effects will be severe or even noticeable is currently beyond our ability to calculate, as witnessed by our difficulty in forecasting weather.  To understand that there WILL be some effect, one has only to look at the use of snow fencing in the Great Plains to reduce erosion and collect snow.  These merely redirect the wind somewhat and extract a minuscule amount of energy.

Answer 2

Hardly,

What do you think would create more of a difference - a boom or artificial buildings and skyscrapers all those years ago - or a few wind farms here and there..

Seriously it makes almost no difference at all.

Like proposing that throwing a small pebble in a river will make it explode, it won't do a thing!