Which risk increases for alpine glaciers facing foehn wind patterns?

💡 Explanation

Glacial ablation is accelerated by orographic lift and adiabatic wind warming induced by the rain shadow effect; this causes increased energy transfer via convective heating, because the foehn wind forces warm, dry air, downward rather than trapping cold air and moisture.

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