If CO2 were collecting infrared energy, ambient temperatures would rise.
Since the ambient temperature is well below freezing, there is only one other thing causing the snow and ice to melt. The bright yellow thingy thing in the sky.
It takes energy to raise temperatures in CO2. That's the infrared the article mentions. The problem is, while CO2 is collecting energy, it can warm up. At night, infrared radiation significantly drops. The warming drops. The surrounding gases vastly outnumber and are colder than the CO2, thus CO2 temperature drop to the same temperature as the other gases.
to liberals/democrats a gas CO2 that is 0.0003 of the atmosphere is more powerful that the Sun in which a million Earths could fit into. i was having a debate with a democrat about global warming. and she actually thought the Sun revolved around the Earth
the reason that gas co2 is demonized is because by demonizing it they can destroy capitalism advance socialism