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Good progress has been made in the past few years to better understand the XUV evolution trend of Sun-like stars, the capture and dissipation of hydrogen dominant envelopes of planetary embryos and protoplanets, and water loss from young planets around M dwarfs. This chapter reviews these recent developments. Observations of exoplanets and theoretical works in the near future will significantly advance our understanding of one of the fundamental physical processes shaping the evolution of solar system terrestrial planets.

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FT is supported by Natural and Science Foundation of China (11661161014) and the Tsinghua University Initiative Science Research Program (523001028). HL and PO acknowledge the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P27256-N27. CPJ, MG, and HL acknowledge the support of the FWF NFN project S116, FWF NFN S11604-N16, and S11607-N16. This review is a result of the ISSI workshop “Delivery of Water to Protoplanets”.

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  1. Department for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Feng Tian

  2. Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstrasse 17, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Manuel Güdel & Colin P. Johnstone

  3. Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstrasse 6, 8042, Graz, Austria

    Helmut Lammer & Petra Odert

  4. Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Rodrigo Luger

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Tian, F., Güdel, M., Johnstone, C.P. et al. Water Loss from Young Planets. Space Sci Rev 214, 65 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0490-9

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