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Ozone abundances normalized to the amount produced at modern levels of CH4 for both the high (left) and low (right) CH4 models for all host stars at 0.1%, 1%, 10%, and 100% PAL O2. The most striking result is that for the high CH4 models there is less O3 compared to modern CH4, except for planets around the hottest hosts at 100% PAL O2. This is due both to the indirect impact of CH4 on the stratospheric temperature, as well as a boost in the smog mechanism due to a decreased NOx/HOx ratio. The rest of the cases for the CH4 models show increased O3 depletion due to a higher amount of CH4 from the increased efficiency of the HOx catalytic cycle’s ability to destroy O3.

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