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At the Pines turkey dinner Wetlands don't much influence greenhouse effect The lads at the Pines knew waiited, fot too littie, flot tm just how mucb gravy thev mucb. A Communitv Christmas part y entertaining. The youngsters, ht was indeeci a famnily were most entertaining with their comnmunity Christimas party for singig, musical solos and even a the Shiloh cornmunity and recitation. They were also cute, as neighbouring area on Friay uul evenmng. Abovengred Berzins and e They packed teShiloh some inteproe throny. er ie Chwvh for the occasion and soireintplaetinghaccompaBni everyone got into te act in Mri lydteacmai By John Jgberlee Humans may be moTfç responsible for global warmning tfçnds 'tan was previously believed, an international study bas concluded. The study, ilnvolving dozens of researchers from Canada' and te United States, my.eaMWird how much methane and carbon dioxide, are released and absor1bed by northem wetlands. It founid that wetland vegetation is neither os big a source of 'greenhouse gases', no as big a 'sink' (removal mechanisft for themn) as scientists originally thought. Greenhouse gases keep te eartb warn by trapping hast radiation in the atinosphere. Scientists are trYing to trace teir source, because concentrations have risen steadîly for more than 100, yeas. If trends continue, average gl obal temperatures could be substmntiâlly higher witin half a century. In the northem wetlands study, scientists from 10 Canadian universities, sevôt'l govemment Walrus near Mon treal (Continueci ftom page 8) Carolina. The Ste-Julienne walrus is not only the first record of that species from the Champlain Sea, but it fils an important gap in the ani- ma's postglacial range. Its age lies between 12,800 year-old remains from the Bay of Fundy and 7,300 year-old remains froin B3athurst Island inthe central Cana- dian Arctic Islands. This helps us to understaid better the northward ,shit of te species since te Lauren- ide ice sheet begyan its retreat. Stili, there are mnany mor e ques- tions to answer about Champlain Sea mamimals. Sitting at Jacques Daviau's kitchen table in my sweaty fieldi clothes, drinking a potent cup of coffee, 1 pointed to him and said inh my broken French -The next thing we need from you is a polar bear fossil! " C.R. Harington Paleobiology Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other U. S. institutes converged onithe Hudson Bay Lowlanud, a Ihuge area encompassing mnost of northmem Manitoba and Ontario, as well as part of Quebec. Only one other -wetland area in western SiÏberia) is larger. The investigation centred prirnarily on metfhane, a gas that'sincreasing in the, atmosphere at a rate of one to two per cent a year. Before. the study, scientists had estimated the annual contribution front wetlands vegetation at about 20 per cent of total global mnethane emissions. The idea was to verif y this figure by monitoring wetlands -methane production over a long perioci of time, using a variety of different techniques. Ail the measuremnents were made during the sunimer of 1990. The researchers took readings fromntte ground, from a 20-metre tower, and fromt aircraft. Depending on ground cover, daily methane production ranged fron six to 35 milligranis per square metre. Over the whole region, that translates into between one and two billion kilogramas per year - a tremendous amnount, yet les than half of what the scientists haci expected. If this surprising finding also applies bo Russia's wetlands, then otLher methane sources are more important thani was thought, says Dr. George of land resource science at the University of Guelph. Besides wetlands, methane gas is produced by a numiber of sources related to human activities, including rice- paddies. cattie, landfills, coal nig, and oil and natural gas prodluction. The researchers had Rspected that wetlands play a relatively minor role in remnoving gree-nhouse gases from the atmosphere. According to Thurtell's colleague at Guelph, Dr. Ken King, they found that the average square metre of Lowland vegetation sucks up less than haif a gram of carbon dioxlide (C02) per day. (By comparison. foresis soalc up three grams of C02 per square metre a day, and croplands six grains.) Extrapolated over the whole riortbemn wetlands. the annual C02 uptake by wetlands is only 1/200th of the amount of C02 humnans emtit by burning fossil fuels. This study was coordinated by the Canadian Institute for Research in Aimnospheric Cbemistry. Funding was provided. by Environment Canada, the Natiiral Sciences and Engineering Research Couneil, NASA and other agencies. (Canadian Science News) Gets 12 years for gun attack A Bowmaniville man was sentenceci to 12 ycars hn prison for trying to kill his wife in a early morning shooting Spree after shec threatetied to divorce hnirn. When sentencing Maurice Nicholas, 52, the jucige saic the message bnci to go out to te public that no mratter how unhappy a m ariage can be, spouses cannot resort to violence. Correction Last1 week we gave te wrong, hours for te Mayor's Levee be-ing helci in t-e Council Chamber of the Ne4wcastle Adinistrative Building on Sunday, Janýuary 5t.ý Tjhe Levee -opens at 12:30 pm an.d continues untl 2:30 pa. RosSeensoiand Whs wife,. Elainec, are holding their New Yer'Levee the followiflg SundayJanuary lt in the BaeieCom',mlity Centdre, Bwnian\. e fom2 o4 pp. Gireetingsfor Chrîestma May the Christmas gîfts of joy and peace4 be yours always. Hamniltons Insurance Downtown Orono