Today, 75 percent of the area at the equator is covered with ...

[nramada]

Today, 75 percent of the area at the equator is covered with water. How
  might global temperatures change if  percent of the area near the
  equator were covered with land? Explain. What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Does the location of the ITCZ appear to be related to the formation
  of tropical cyclones? Use examples from the Northern and Southern
  Hemisphere to support your position. What will be an ideal response?

[Sierray]

Answer to Question 1

Because land has a lower heat capacity than water, more land at the equator would
mean less energy stored. The range of temperatures in the equatorial region would be
greater (both warmer high temperatures and cooler low temperatures). There would be
less ocean to absorb energy and carry it toward the poles, producing cooler mid-latitude
and polar temperatures.

Answer to Question 2

Yes, the location of the ITCZ appears to be related to the formation of tropical cyclones.
Tropical cyclones form in the Western Pacifi c Ocean where the ITCZ crosses into the
Southern Hemisphere, but are absent in the Eastern Pacifi c Ocean where the ITCZ stays
north of the equator. The same situation applies to the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

[nramada]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jamesnevil303]

Gracias!