Barbara Doll N.C. State Engineering Professor

Last week, researchers armed with GPS-enabled plastic bottles took aim at Marsh Creek in Raleigh, hoping to illuminate how everyday litter in the capital city winds up polluting North Carolina’s rivers, sounds and, eventually, the Atlantic Ocean. Twenty bottles, each fitted with a tracker and a scannable QR code, were dropped into the water off Stony Brook Drive. The high-tech launch is part of a NOAA-funded study led by North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University and a coalition of local nonprofits and agencies. Barbara Doll, an N.C. State Engineering Professor, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the study.