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What are green house gases and why are they bad?

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please tell me in no more than 5 sentences.

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    Greenhouse gases are components of the atmosphere that contribute to the Greenhouse effect. Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities.[1] Greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.

    Carbon monoxide has an indirect radiative effect by elevating concentrations of methane and tropospheric ozone through scavenging of atmospheric constituents (e.g., the hydroxyl radical, OH) that would otherwise destroy them. Carbon monoxide is created when carbon-containing fuels are burned incompletely. Through natural processes in the atmosphere, it is eventually oxidized to carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide has an atmospheric lifetime of only a few months[19] and as a consequence is spatially more variable than longer-lived gases.

    Another potentially important indirect effect comes from methane, which in addition to its direct radiative impact also contributes to ozone formation. Shindell et al (2005)[20] argue that the contribution to climate change from methane is at least double previous estimates as a result of this effect

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