Extend or replace battery MacBook Pro Retina

Dear All,
I own a MacBook Pro Retina 13' 2.4Ghz/4GB (2013) but the battery life has been terrible in the last couple of months. I probably get around 3-4 hours doing simple things like Safari on 30/40% screen brightness. The drop in battery life has been significant. MacBook is 1.2 years old and 275 cycles. I really need more than 3-4 hours.
Two questions:
1. What can I do to extend the battery life. I aim around 5 hours of usage.
2. Could I replace the battery of my MacBook?
Thanks in advance.

Well like Kappy says.
Also this is a known issue:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/11/10/os-x-yosemite-problems-fixes/
"Soon after the release we heard complaints about OS X Yosemite battery life problems. The battery life drains much faster than normal for some users. For many, this is likely due to spotlight indexing after the update and using the battery faster. Typically this will resolve itself after a day or two."
They also want you to look at activity monitor.

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