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Southwest Airlines is facing a unique climate change problem: exploding soda cans

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

There are things we expect from high temperatures, like sweat, increased irritability. There are things, however, that we just don't expect to hear about during a heat wave, like exploding soda cans at cruising altitude. Southwest Airlines told NPR that heat has warped some cans and caused others to burst when opened, and it seems to be unique to Southwest.

The airline doesn't tend to transport the canned drinks in an air-conditioned truck. Plus, the bulk of the airports they fly out of are in cities that have broken temperature records this summer. Flight attendants are told to avoid opening any cans that feel hot or are warped. Maybe that's good advice for all of us, or maybe we should skip the sodas altogether.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.