2016 will be longer than usual

2016 is longer than usual because it is a leap year, but because it will be added 1 second more than usual.

Professor Geoff Chester from the US Naval Observatory said tidal and moon interactions as well as other factors like El Nino make the Earth take longer to turn around. This forces scientists to add at least one second to the total time to match the Earth's rotation.

2016 will be 1 second longer than usual.

The extra seconds will appear at 23:00, 59 minutes, 59 seconds on December 31, 2016. The invention of an atomic clock helps to measure the time almost exactly. Adding a second to the Earth's rotation completely depends on the external agents.

Many concerns that the Earth is turning slowly and after several centuries it will cease. However, the US Naval Observatory confirmed that this fear did not occur.

Since the International Atomic Time System (TAI) was established in 1972, the error between the International Time Coordination System (UTC) and TAI is 10 seconds.

Since 1972, 26 seconds have been added to the total time of the year. The last time adding a second is on June 30, 2015.